15CR51T: Glass Ceramics 5th Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Glass detail DTE Kar Diploma syllabus for Ceramics Engineering (CR), C15 scheme is extracted from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15CR51T), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.

For all other ceramics 5th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Ceramics 5th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. The detail syllabus for glass is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Inorganic Chemistry, Basics of Ceramics lab, Manufacturing Technology, Ceramic Calculations.

Course Objectives:

Students will be able to illustrate and categorise various types of glass, their properties, qualities, manufacture & applications.

Course Outcomes:

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1. Introduction to Glass

Describe the brief history of glass & its definition. Understand the formation, structure and making of glass.
Classify and describe the properties of glass with their definition with application area. Based on chemical nature: Soda Lime, Potash Lime, Potash Lead, Borosilicate glass.
Based on field of application: Optical Glass, Fiber Glass, bullet proof glass, multilayered glass, wired glass, toughened glass, container glass, color changing glass.
Based on Shaping: Float glass.

2. Raw materials and Batch preparation

Discuss various Glass raw materials with their classification, source, property & role in glass batch: Glass forming oxides – Silica, Boric oxide, Alumina, Lead oxide, Zinc oxide, Barium oxide, Cullet. Fluxes – Soda ash, Potash, Ammonium sulphate, Ammonium chloride. Define oxidizing agents, Reducing agents, Fining agents, Colouring agents, Decolourizers, and Opacifiers with examples.
Express different Glass compositions: Incandescent lamp, window glass, fibre glass for composites, borosilicate glass, water soluble glass, container (common) glass.
Describe the Batch House operation for batch preparation: weighing of raw materials, mixing, moisture addition, and need for calibration of weighing balance.

3. Tank furnace and melting

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4. Glass forming techniques

Understand various glass forming techniques like pressing, manual blowing, mechanical blowing (press-blow, blow-blow, vacuum-blow), rolling, drawing, float glass, tube making, spinning, optical glass (lens) making, optical fibre, toughened glass, laminated glass.
Summarize the Annealing process of glass, effect of annealing on strength of glass and Annealing lehr.
Decorating glass wares by sand blasting, etching and paper transfer.
Recent advancements in glass manufacturing and tempering.

5. Properties and Testing

Understand the Physical properties:- density, viscosity of glass, Electrical properties:- electric conductivity, Thermal properties:- thermal expansion, specific heat, heat conductivity, thermal endurance, Mechanical properties:- young’s modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, modulus of rupture (MOR), bursting pressure, crushing strength, Optical properties:- refractive index, dispersion, absorption of light, transparency.
Analyse the defects in glass with their causes and remedies: – colour, seeds, chord, stones, blisters, bulging and neck-ring in bottle glass.

6. Maintenance of Tank Furnace and Environmental issues

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List of Reference Books.

1. Handbook of Glass technology R. Charan
2. Engineering Materials Rangwala
3. Ceramic & Glass Technology Wolfram Holand, George H. Beall
4. Laboratory Manual of Glass Blowing Francis C Frary
5. Industrial Ceramics Singer & Singer

E-resource

1. https://refractiveindex.info/
2. Glass Properties http://glassproperties.com/
3. Scientific Glass Blowing Tutorial http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/index.html

Video Links

1. Glass Shaping Methods https://goo.gl/n0Qld5

Suggested Student Activity

1. Student should collect information related to advancements in Glass Technology.
2. Student should collect glass compositions for different verities of glass.
3. Student should collect technical data sheet of any one glass product.
4. Student should make report on any glass decoration method.
5. Student should collect information of Spectrometer for color measurement of glass.
6. Student should collect information on different glass testing methods.
7. Student should make a report on photochromatic & color changing glass.
8. Student should collect information on advanced techniques in glass tempering.

Note: Student should prepare hand written report with minimum 2-3 pages and reports should not be copied from earlier batches. And other similar tasks can be assigned.

Model Question Paper:

(CIE)

1. Describe the formation and structure of glass.
2. List the classification of glass based with field of application
3. List various glass forming oxides.

OR Describe the working of fining agent in glass.

4. State a typical glass composition of incandescent lamp.

Model Question Paper:

(SEE)

Part-A

Answer any 6 of the following 6×5=30 marks

1. Define glass and its structure. C1
2. Tellthe glass raw materials classification with examples C2
3. Describe the role of silica in glass batch C2
4. What is the need of throat in tank furnace? C3
5. Describe the importance of shape of flame with melting of glass batch C3
6. List various glass forming methods with example of the product. C4
7. Differentiate press-blow & blow-blow forming technique C4
8. Tellthe thermal properties of glass. C5
9. Define refractive index. C5

Part-B

Answer any 7 of the following 7×10=70 marks

1. Compare soda lime glass & borosilicate glass. 5 C1
2. Describe the properties of multi-layered glass. 5 C1
1. Identify the applications of color changing glass. 5 C1
2. Explain the role of reducing agent in glass batch. 5 C2
3. Describe opacity and explain the role of opacifier in glass bath. 10 C2
4. With neat sketch describe the working of glass tank furnace. 10 C3
1. Illustrate the burner arrangement in tank furnace. 5 C3
2. Describe the requirement of a typical gob feeder. 5 C3
1. Illustrate annealing of glass. 5 C4
2. Explain sand blasting method of glass decoration. 5 C4
1. List various glass forming methods. 4 C4
2. Explain shaping of glass by float method. 6 C4
1. Summarise young’s modulas of elasticity. 5 C5
2. list different glass defects with their remedies. 5 C5
1. Illustrate the pressure test conducted on glass bottles. 5 C5
2. Describe decongestion of regenerators. 5 C6
1. describe the maintenance of flue channel. 5 C6
2. Write effect of pollutants from glass industries on environment 5 C6

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