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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

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).