The European Ceramic Society

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Germany

Keramikschule Landshut

Education and research in the field of oxide ceramics and pottery

Director : Dr.-Ing. Veronika Märkl

Email : veronika.maerkl@keramikschule.de

Phone : +49 (0)871/9223880

Address : Keramikschule Landshut Marienplatz 8 84028 Landshut Germany

Website : http://www.keramikschule.de/

Research topics :

  • Study and development of galzes
  • Study and development of ceramic and porcelain masses
  • Conventional firing techniques such as oxidizing/reducing as well as traditional ancient
    techniques, e.g. raku-firing
  • 3-D-printing of ceramic and porcelain
  • Experimental archaeology of historical ceramics, furnaces, etc.

Exceptional facilities :

  • About 50 furnaces for heat treatments up to 2000 °C
  • 3-D-printer
  • Equipments for thermal analysis and dilatometric characterisation
  • Rheological characterisation
  • AAS
  • Comprehensive archive of historical and contemporary ceramics

Financial support programmes :

  • International, national and regional, institutional and industrial

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