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Contents
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Week 1: |
Review of basic concepts from the courses 501 and 502. |
Week 2: |
List of glass making raw materials, influences of their physical properties on melting and design of glass composition |
Week 3: |
List of glass making raw materials, influences of their physical properties on melting and design of glass composition |
Week 4: |
Introduction to Glass Melting (kinetics of batch to melt conversions, physical and chemical reactions, heat transfer) |
Week 5: |
Introduction to Glass Melting (temperature dependent physical and chemical reactions in glass melting) |
Week 6: |
Glass Fining (gases in molten glass, bubble dynamics, stages of fining, fining agents, redox effect, fining in oxidized and reduced conditions) |
Week 7: |
Glass Fining (gases in molten glass, bubble dynamics, stages of fining, fining agents, redox effect, fining in oxidized and reduced conditions) |
Week 8: |
• Glass Fining (gases in molten glass, bubble dynamics, stages of fining, fining agents, redox effect, fining in oxidized and reduced conditions) • Homogenization (mixing and diffusion) |
Week 9: |
Mid-Term |
Week 10: |
Glass furnace types (pot, day tank, recuperative, cross-fired regenerative, end-port fired regenerative, oxy-fired, all-electric), furnace operations for improving melting and fining. |
Week 11: |
Glass furnace types (pot, day tank, recuperative, cross-fired regenerative, end-port fired regenerative, oxy-fired, all-electric), furnace operations for improving melting and fining. |
Week 12: |
Glass furnace types (pot, day tank, recuperative, cross-fired regenerative, end-port fired regenerative, oxy-fired, all-electric), furnace operations for improving melting and fining. |
Week 13: |
Affinasyon (how to control affination in furnaces) |
Week 14: |
Homogenization |
Week 15*: |
Project Presentations |
Week 16*: |
Final Exam |
Textbooks and materials: |
Lecture notes, presentations and documents |
Recommended readings: |
Library of Şişecam Science and Technology Center |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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