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Glass-Based Ceramics - MATS2314
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Materials Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Raw materials, glass compositions and types of glasses. Glass composition calculations. Glass forming processes. Design and construction of glass tanks. Electric melting. Fusion casting, crystal growth from melts. Relationship between composition and properties of glasses. Glass ceramics: compositions, melt forming, nucleation and crystallisation, and properties. Glazes and enamels: preparation of glazes, glaze calculations, design of glazes for bodies, chemical reactions, glaze body stress and defects, and porcelain enamels.

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