Ceramic Engineering 369
Glass Science & Engineering
Semester: Fall 1999   Course: Cer 369   Reference number: 13540   Course Text: Modern Glass Practice, Seventh Revised Edition, S. R. Scholes, C. H. Greene (1974).   Supplemental material: Handbook of Glass Manufacturing, F. V. Tooley (1984); Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses, A. K. Varshneya (1994); Commercial Glasses, (Advances in Ceramics, Vol. 18, 1986); various articles from the technical literature   Course meeting: M-W-F, 8:30-9:20 AM, 210 McNutt   Course Instructor: Richard K. Brow   Office/phone/e-mail: B49 McNutt/341-6812/brow@umr.edu   Office hours: 1:00-2:00 PM, Monday through Friday (other times by appointment)   Exams: Three one-hour examinations (100 points each) and a comprehensive final (200 points) will be given. Final grades will be determined from the following distributions:   Grade points
A 450-500
B 400-449
C 350-399
D 300-349
F <300 Grad Students: Term paper due 12/3/99, on glass surface (or thin films, coatings) characterization, properties, applications….   Homework: Students are encouraged to read the book chapters or articles listed in the attached course outline prior to the indicated lecture. Problem sets will be distributed on occasion. The instructor will post answers. The problem sets will not be collected or graded, but similar problems will appear on exams.   Course Objectives: Students will understand the scientific and technological descriptions of inorganic glasses (amorphous solids), review the engineering principles behind the commercial manufacture of a variety of glass products, and understand how glass surfaces control important engineering properties. Students will apply basic principles of thermodynamics and kinetics in these undertakings.   Course Content: *Definitions, concepts of glass formation, microstructure (1/3)   *Manufacturing and commercial products (1/3)   *Surface-dependent properties (1/3)  
Cer369 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (FS99)


Date Lecture Topic Reading Assignment
8/23/99 Class organization; introduction MGP, chapters 1,2,3
8/25/99 Glass formation; history MGP, chapter 4
8/27/99 Concepts of Glass Formation: Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics Uhlmann article
8/30/99 Concepts of Glass Formation: Nucleation & Growth  
9/1/99 Conc. Glass Form.: Crystallization Kinetics, TTT diagrams MGP, chapter 5
9/3/99 Glass-Ceramics  
9/6/99 No class, Labor Day  
9/8/99 Liquid-Liquid Immiscibility: thermodynamics  
9/10/99 Mechanisms for phase separation, applications  
9/13/99 Glass Compositions; review of random network structure MGP, chapter 6
9/15/99 Network structures of oxide glasses  
9/17/99 Missed Class/Travel read Kurkjian article
9/20/99 Compositions & Phase Diagrams  
9/22/99 Phase Diagrams  
9/24/99 EXAM #1  
9/27/99 Exam discussion, raw materials MGP, chapter 7
9/29/99 Raw materials; batch calculations and reactions MGP, chapters 8, 9
10/1/99 Guest Lecture: Furnaces/Burners- Oxy-fuel etc. (Craig Carmody) MGP, chapters 10,11
10/4/99 Guest Lecture: Furnaces/Refractories (Jeff Smith) MGP, chapter 24
10/6/99 Guest Lecture: Refractories/Field Trip to TRB (Jeff Smith)  
10/8/99 StuCo Free Day (no classes)  
10/11/99 Viscosity review MGP, chapter 12
10/13/99 Viscosity & Melting MGP, chapter 13
10/15/99 Melting and Fining  
10/18/99 EXAM#2  
10/20/99 Missed Class/Tucson  
10/22/99 Exam review, Processing & Forming MGP, chapter 14, 15
10/25/99 Forming: bottles, etc.  
10/27/99 Forming: flat glass, etc.  
10/29/99 Strain & Annealing; viscoelasticity review MGP, chapter 16
11/1/99 Strain & Annealing  
11/3/99 Strain & Annealing  
11/5/99 Defects  
11/8/99 Glass Surfaces: introduction, thermodynamics  
11/10/99 Characterization Pantano article
11/12/99 Mechanical properties of glass; elastic properties MGP, chapter 19
11/15/99 Fracture mechanics, flaw populations, fatigue  
11/17/99 Strengthening, tempering, etc.  
11/19/99 EXAM #3  
11/22/99 Exam review, ion exchange, thermodynamics  
11/24/99 Ion exchange, examples, applications  
11/26/99 No class, Thanksgiving Holiday  
11/29/99 Chemical durability; dissolution and ion exchange MGP, chapter 21
12/1/99 Corrosion reactions; thermodynamics Paul article
12/3/99 Weathering reactions  
12/6/99 Coatings on glass  
12/8/99 Coatings on glass; applications  
12/10/99 Final Class/Review Topics  
12/13/99 FINAL EXAM