Ceramic and Polymer Materials
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The official GTU curriculum for Ceramic and Polymer Materials (subject code 2182111) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 8 divides the course into 8 units, covering 38 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 (2182111)Unit 1 Introduction to Ceramic materials
- Classification based on composition
- structure and applications
- Ceramic raw materials
- Types of bonding
- structure of ceramic
- factor affecting structure
- polymorphic forms and transformations
- non crystalline Structure
- properties and applications
Unit 2 Processing of ceramic material
- Raw material selection
- Ceramic forming processes (pressing
- slip casting
- Injection Moulding
- Glass forming Methods etc.)
Unit 3 Glasses and optical Fibers
- Basic and application of various types of glasses namely Silica glass
- Vycor glass
- Application of glass fibers in composite materials and telecommunications
- Metallic glasses
- crystallized glasses
Unit 4 Refractories
- Applications of refractories in Metallurgical processes
- Special refractories
- Phase diagrams of Al2O3 -SiO2
Unit 5 Ceramic cutting tools
- Properties and applications of ceramic cutting tools such as alumina tools
- boron nitride tools
Unit 6 Introduction to polymer materials,
- Formation of polymers
- classification of polymers
- Mechanism of polymerization
- Degree of polymerization
Unit 7 Polymer Physics
- Crystallization of polymer
- cross linking
- vulcanization of rubber
- deformation of polymer
- Factor affecting the properties of polymer
Unit 8 Advance polymers
- Advance polymers for engineering applications i.e. vinyl copolymer
- polymer - clay Nano composite
- electro active polymers
- Biodegradable polymers
- High Temperature Polymers
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