MTEN 409 — Glasses, Cements & Concretes
Materials Science and Engineering · University of Ghana
This course defines glasses and teaches glass forming compositions and introduces students to glassceramics materials. Glass forming methods are also described. Students are also introduced to cements and concrete materials and the various types of Portland cements. Glass compositions, raw materials, glass melting, furnace operation and glass-forming. Sheet, tubing and pressed ware. Glass product manufacture, glass-to-metal sealing, annealing and tempering, quality control, glass-ceramics, phase transformation, immiscibility, homogenous and heterogeneous nucleation, crystal growth and industrial glass-ceramic processes. Introduction to cements and concrete materials; Portland cements-types, properties, manufacture and specification; hydration of Portland cements; hydraulic cements; water, admixtures and mineral aggregates for concrete.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 100
- Prerequisites
- MTEN 201, 336
Other courses on this programme
- FAEN 112 — C Programming
- MTEN 401 — Composite Design And Fabrication
- MTEN 407 — Engineering Ceramics II
- MTEN 411 — Physical Metallurgy II
- MTEN 415 — Biodegradable Polymer & Fibrous Materials
- MTEN 417 — Polymer Processing & Technology II
- FAEN 101 — Algebra
- FAEN 102 — Calculus I
- FAEN 201 — Calculus II
- FAEN 301 — Numerical Methods
- FAEN 302 — Statistics For Engineers
- FENG 401 — Law For Engineers
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).