MSEN3314 - Ceramics and Glasses

MSEN 3314 Ceramics and Glasses (3 semester credit hours) Material properties and modern applications of ceramic materials. Mechanical, optical, electronic and chemical properties of advanced ceramic materials are related to atomic structures and defects. Crystal structures of important metallic and ceramic elements, alloys, and compounds. Binary and ternary phase diagrams for notable systems. Ceramic processing and forming methods. Structure, properties and processing of glasses and glass-ceramics. Prerequisite: MSEN 3311. (3-0) F