Glass Science & Technology
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Glass Science & Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Glass Science & Technology (subject code 3153621) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 22 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3153621)Unit 1 The non-crystalline solids & the glasses. Formation from liquid phase. Formation from a
- gaseous phase
- Formation from a solid phase
- Definition of glass
- Vitreous transition
- Phenomenological study
- Thermodynamic study
- Theory of vitreous transition
- Determination of transition temperature
Unit 2 Conditions of vitrification. Structural theory (Zachariasen model, Stanworth etc.). Kinetic
- theory of glass (Nucleation & Growth).Structure of Glass: XRD, SAXS and other methods of determining glass structure
- Structural models of glass
- Reaction mechanisms
- Ion exchange & network breakdown processes
- Glass durability controlling factors
Unit 3 Thermodynamic basis of phase separation in glasses. Immiscibility in glasses. Kinetics of
- Application of immiscibility diagrams
- Spinodal decomposition
Unit 4 Density & Thermal expansion measurements & their implications and their dependence on
- Thermal history effects
- Effect of crystallization
- Additive rule
Unit 5 Diffusion in Glasses. Electrical conductivity of glasses. Dielectric properties. Optical
- properties of glasses
- Refractive index
- Molar volume & Ionic refractivity
- Photosensitive/Photo chromic glasses. 05 Subject Code: 3153621 w.e.f
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