COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLASS TECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCS 3001 GLASS TECHNOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MURAT ELIBÜYÜK

Offered to

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Course Objective

Learning glass forming oxides and glass structure, learning glass types according to property and production method, knowing glass production steps, learning physical and chemical properties of glass.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To arrange glass forming oxides.
2   To define glass structure
3   To classify glass types according to structure and production methods.
4   To explain glass production steps.
5   To compare physical and chemical properties of glasses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History and introduction to glass and chemical knowledge about glass
2 Glass forming oxides and structure of glass
3 Main raw materials of glass
4 Assistant raw materials of glass and their functions
5 Glass types according to their structures
6 Glass types according to production method
7 Glass Industry in Turkey
8 Mid-term exam
9 Glass production steps : Blend and blend preparation, furnaces and melting
10 Glass production steps : Shaping glass and tempering
11 Glass failures and testing methods
12 Physical properties of glass
13 Mechanical properties of glass
14 Chemical properties of glass

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Karasu, B., Nay, N. (2000) Cam Teknolojisi, MEB Yayınları, No 3525, Ankara Supplementary Book(s): Shelby, J. E. (1997) Introduction to Glass Science and Technology, The Royal Society of Chemistry, England.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This lecture will be processed theoritically in class. Teaching staff will give the subjects by using slides, will discuss with students by asking and answering and will give term works for a better understanding of subjects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %25: To examine the theoretical information.
II. Application %25: To examine the application information.
III. Final Exam %50: To examine the all learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kusoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.511