MSE 5310

Introduction to Ceramics

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Covers ceramic processes and products, structure of ceramic crystals, structure of glasses, structural defects (point defects, dislocations), surfaces, interfaces and grain boundaries, diffusion in ionic materials (atomistic and phenomenological approach, relationships between diffusion and point defect structure), ceramic phase diagrams, phase transformations. Emphasizes physicochemical aspects of the different topics. 

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MSE 2060, MSE 2610, MSE 2620, MSE 3010, MSE 3030, MSE 3040, MSE 3050, MSE 3070, MSE 3110, ENGRC 3111, MSE 3120, MSE 4020, MSE 4070, and MSE 4030 or MSE 4050.

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