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Title of the course

MM 688: Non-Crystalline Materials

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Credit structure

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Pre-requisite, if any

None

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Course content

Network structure of various oxide glasses, Stevel?s parameters and kinetic criterion of glass formation. Role of oxides in glass composition. Melting, refining and forming of oxide glasses. Viscoelastic behaviour and mechanical properties. Thermal, dielectric and optical properties of glasses. Coloured and photosensitive glasses; glass fibre technology. Glass-ceramics, glasses for electronic applications. Preparation of metallic glasses by rapid solidification. Synthesis of amorphous alloys by mechanical alloying. Properties and applications of amorphous alloys. Microcrystalline and nanocrystalline materials.

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Texts/References

H. Scholze, 223Glass: Nature, structure and Properties224 Springer-verlag, N.Y, 1991.J. Zarzycki, 223Glasses and the Vitreous State224, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 1991.S.J. Schneider Jr., 223Ceramics and Glasses224 Engineered Materials Handbook, Vol.4, ASM Int. Ohio 1991.F.H. Froes and S.J. Savage (Eds.) 223Processing of structural Metals by Rapid Solidification224, ASM Pub., Ohio 1987.H.H. Liebermann (Ed), 223Rapidly Solidified Alloys224, Marcel Dekker Inc., N.Y., 1993.C.011Arzt and L. Schulte (Eds), 223New Materials by Mechanical Alloying Techniques224, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Metalkunde (DGM) Germany, 1989.

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Instructor(s) name

Prof.?Kulkarni Ajit R.