engineering

Lucideon

Lucideon is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lucideon rather than just read about it. In short: Lucideon (formerly Ceram) is an independent materials development, testing and assurance company based in Stoke-on-Trent and in the UK. Lucideon owns testing facilities around the world.

Key takeaways

Lucideon belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lucideon to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lucideon from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lucideon (formerly Ceram) is an independent materials development, testing and assurance company based in Stoke-on-Trent and in the UK. Lucideon owns testing facilities around the world.

History The British Refractories Research Association was formed in 1920. The pottery industry was required by the Import Duties Advisory Committee in 1937 to create a research association, so the British Pottery Research Association was formed in 1937. The two combined in April 1948 as the British Ceramic Research Association. The original main building on Queens Road in Penkhull was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in December 1951. In May 1986 it changed its name to British Ceramic Research Ltd, having been incorporated as a company on 18 November 1985. From the late 1990s the company traded under the abbreviated name Ceram. On 1 February 2014 the company name changed to Lucideon Limited.

Structure Lucideon is situated south of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. Lucideon incorporates:

UK Headquarters - (formerly CERAM Research Ltd) Assurance Services - Lucideon CICS Limited US Laboratories - (formerly M+P Labs) based in Schenectady, New York, Greenville, South Carolina and offices in Raleigh, North Carolina Lucideon's laboratories and techniques are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

Function Lucideon provides materials development, technologies, consultancy and testing and analysis to a diverse range of industries including: healthcare, construction, ceramics, aerospace, nuclear and power generation. Lucideon has also had projects concerning nuclear waste management.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lucideon

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lucideon claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lucideon before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lucideon ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lucideon

In research: Lucideon appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lucideon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lucideon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1948 establishments in England, Ceramic engineering, Ceramics manufacturers of England, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lucideon outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lucideon in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lucideon means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Lucideon out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lucideon in simple terms?

Lucideon (formerly Ceram) is an independent materials development, testing and assurance company based in Stoke-on-Trent and in the UK. Lucideon owns testing facilities around the world.

Why does Lucideon matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lucideon?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lucideon.