Credits: 2 (2-0-0)
Prerequisites: APL102
Description
Part-1: Glass
Definition of glass, principles of glass formation (Zachariasen’s rule), determination of glass forming ability and stability, glass melting, raw materials, compositional nomenclature, batch calculation, immiscibility of glass forming system, structure of glasses, network connectivity, dimensionality, bond angle distribution, viscosity of glass forming melts, polymer and metallic glass, density and thermal expansion, glass ceramics. Part-2 Ceramics
Ceramics synthesis : Solid State reaction, coprecipitation, sol-gel, precursor, microemulsion, solvothermal/hydrothermal, ion –exchange, mechano-chemical synthesis; science of colloidal processing, powder consolidation and forming of ceramics, sintering, refractory material (case studies: alumino silicate, spinel, ZrO2, Si3N4, SIALON etc.), white wares, surface and coating.