MSE 5310

Introduction to Ceramics

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

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 undergraduate program core courses through MSE 4050 or permission of instructor.

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