Vitreous State
Code: CEM 126
Credits: 05
Elective subject
Contents:
- Introduction to the vitreous state;
- Classical definitions, types, characterist properties and applications of glasses;
Viscosity; - Structural relaxation and glass transition;
- Inorganic glass structure;
- Liquid-liquid phase separation in glasses;
- Crystal nucleation in glass-forming liquids;
- Crystal growth;
- Overall crystallization;
- Glass forming ability;
- Glass stability and modern defition of glass;
- Glass-ceramics/ defintion, types and applications.
References:
- Zarzycki, J., “Les Verres Et L'etat Vitreux”, Paris: Masson, 1982.
- Doremus, R.H., “Glass Science”, New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1973.
- Pye, L.D.; Stevens H.J. & LaCourse W.C., “Introduction to Glass Science”, New York: Plenum Press, 1972.
- Artigos científicos selecionados.