COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMICS AND GLASSES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5079 CERAMICS AND GLASSES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HÜSEYIN YIĞITER

Offered to

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to give production methods of ceramic and glass materials which are used in construction and cement industry. Besides, physical, mechanical, mineralogical and micro-structural properties and behaviour of these materials at application fields are aimed to gain by students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To catagorize ceramic and glass materials
2   To describe the properties of ceramic and glass
3   To present production methods
4   To specify fields of application
5   To use property improving methods for ceramic and glass materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classification of ceramic materials
2 Raw materials of ceramic
3 Clay-water system
4 Production of ceramic materials
5 Heating and sintering processes
6 Micro structure of ceramics
7 1st Mid-term exam
8 Classification of Glass
9 Raw materials of glass
10 Production of glass
11 Forming and annealing
12 Secondary production processes
13 2nd Mid-term exam
14 Physical, chemical and mechanical properties of glass Glass construction materials Glass-ceramics

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Modern Ceramic Engineering, Properties, Processing and Use in Design, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, David W. Richerdson, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York, 10016, ISBN, 0-8247-8634-3, 1992

Supplementary Book(s):
Keramik, Teil 1.+ Teil 2. H. Salmang, H. Scholze, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Tokyo, ISBN 3-540-10987,1983.
Glas, Natur, Struktur und Eigenschaften, 2., ISBN 3-540-08403-7, 1977, Technologie der Feinkeramik,Band 2, Mechanische Prozesse, VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin, 1988


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, There is also homework which is to be prepared and presented individually.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Akın ALTUN, akin.altun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 2 3 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.354
LO.444
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