COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLASS TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MMM 4041 GLASS TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AYDIN GÖKTAŞ

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to
Introduce glass structure and glass forming abilities, inform about glass forming oxides, modifying oxides and intermediate oxides, explain the required properties in glass forming raw materials and colouring agents and familiarize glassforming reactions, describe the Temperature-Volume and Temperature-Viscosity relationshipof glassphase, give information about glass melting furnaces glass production technology and shaping methods, acquaint the glass cooling procedures, mechanical stresses, stress relief and mechanisms of strength increasing, explain glass defects, resourches and prevention methods of these defects, explain various glass types and their shaping methods, given information about glass finishing, colouring, heattreatment, glass ceramics processing,and chemical,physical,optical and thermal properties of glasses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the structure of glasses, the differences in glass and crystal structures, and glassforming oxides,
2   To learn the glass raw materials and colouring agents, the preparation of glass bathces, the occuring reaction stages, and the procedures of melting purification and homogenization,
3   To learn the melting furnaces, heating and ignition systems, interaction between melting and furnace refractory materials, and understand the glass defects and trouble shooting and mechanisms of strengfh increasing,
4   To understand the production technology and shaping methods of glasses,
5   To learn the Glasscooling process, mechanical stress and stress relief procedures,
6   To learn chemical, physical, mechanical, optical and elastic properties of glasses,
7   To master the pressing process and moulding equipment materials and moulding mechanisms,
8   To understand glass finishing and to learn the processes of colouring glass, security glass, bullet proof glass, fiberglass, glass ceramics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, history, and development of glasses, glassforming - glass modifying-intermediate oxides, and determination of glass transition temperature
2 Glass Temperature-Volume and Temperature- Viscosity diagrams, DTA curves, differences between amorph and crystal structures, long and short, and soft and hard glasses
3 Glassforming oxides, modifying oxides, stabilizing oxides, coloring oxides, opacifiers, oxide/chalcogenide glasses
4 Glass raw materials and additives, preparation of glass batches, chemical reactions and controls, batching reactions, purification and homogenization of glass melts
5 Hoop and chamber melting furnaces, heating and ignition systems of furnaces, melting currents and mobility, corrosion-diffusion-solubility and convection between glass melts and refractory materials
6 Production technology of flatglass ; continuous plate drain, pulling- coulburn, fourcoult, Pittsburgh, floating methods, and production technology of hollow glass ; pressing and blowing machines
7 Midterm exam I.
8 Glass types and their shaping methods ; glass tubes, rods, fiber glass,foam glass, bulb glass, TV-glass, bullet proof glass, photocromic glass
9 Press and moulding types, equipment materials, designs, working principles, defects and controls
10 Glass cooling process, mechanical temporary and permanent stresses, stress relief, cooling programs
11 Mechanisms of strength increasing, Tempering, strengthening, hardening, multilayered security glass, colouring mechanism
12 Midterm exam II.
13 Glass process defects; on accouth of batches, devitrification, refractory materials, inhomogenity
14 Physical, chemical, mechanical, optical and elastic properties of glasses

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
-D.R. Uhlmann, N.J.Kredl, Glass:Science and Technology- Vol.4A , Structure, Microstructure, and Properties ,Academic Pres, New York, London,1990
-D.R. Uhlmann, N.J.Kredl, Glass:Science and Technology- Vol.1 , Glass-Forming Systems ,Academic Pres, New York, London,1983


Supplementary Book(s):
Glasschemie,W.Vogel, Springer 3-540-55171-9, Berlin, 1992

References:

Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

formal education

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1*0.175+MTE2 *0.175+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1*0.175+MTE2 *0.175+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes ; 1-8 All exams questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydin.goktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursdays ; 13.45 - 14.15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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