2022 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Structural Science of Non-crystalline Solids
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tetsuji Yano
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon (S7-201) / 5-6 Thu (S7-201)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C304
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is intended to provide the fundamental knowledge on science and technology of glass and amorphous materials, especially composed of inorganic materials. The relationship between structure and properties of these materials is explained with the correlation with the materials processing. Thermal, optical, chemical and mechanical properties are shown in detail because these materials have been widely used in industry.
Course description and aims
Gain an understanding of the scientific knowledge on glass and amorphous materials with their wide variety of application fields.
Gain an understanding of the material processing and manufacturing methods for glass and amorphous materials.
Keywords
glass, amorphous, structure, properties, melting
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Important issues on glass and amorphous materials are chosen, and lectures are given together with their correlations. In addition, characteristic structure and properties are shown with the application filed of these materials in industry.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction -Classification of glass and amorphous in materials |
definition of glass/amorphous glass transition phenonenon super-cooled liquid |
| Class 2 | Criteria on glass forming ability of inorganic materials |
glass network former, network modifier, Zachariazen rule, Sun rule, single bond strength, corner-sharing |
| Class 3 | Glass forming region and critical cooling rate from the point of view of chemical compounds |
glass forming region, critical cooling rate, Time-Temperature-Transformation curve |
| Class 4 | Structure of glass and amorphous materials (1) |
glass structure, bridging oxygen/non-bridging oxygen, SiO2 glass, acid-basic reaction |
| Class 5 | Structure of glass and amorphous materials (2) |
B2O3 glass, triangle BO3 unit, coordination number, structural conversion |
| Class 6 | Structure of glass and amorphous materials |
P2O5 glass, non-bridging oxygen P=O double bond resonance structure |
| Class 7 | Characterization of glass -Optical properties |
optical property, optical window, refractive index, dispersion, Abbe number, Intric absorption edge, multiphonon absorption, Rayleigh scattering, optical loss, colored glass, laser glass |
| Class 8 | Characterization of glass -Thermal properties |
thermal property, glass transition temperature, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, viscosity |
| Class 9 | Characterization of glass -Chemical properties |
chemical property, chemical durability, corrosion, dissolution rate |
| Class 10 | Characterization of glass -Mechanical properties |
mechanical property, fracture toughness of glass, Griffith's theory, crack growth, Vickers hardness, brittleness, cutting, strengthening of glass |
| Class 11 | Preparation procedure of glass and amorphous materials |
glass melting, crucible melting, tank melting, batch, forming/molding, annealing |
| Class 12 | Chemical reactions in glass preparation |
vitrification reaction, thermal decomposition, acid-basic reaction, production of gas phase, foaming |
| Class 13 | Evaluation of glass formation during heating |
glass formation |
| Class 14 | Low temperature process for glass (liquid-phase process; Sol-Gel) |
liquid phase synthesis, sol-gel process, hydration reaction, poly-condensation reaction, catalysis |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
not specified
Printed doccuments are given in lecture
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Some reference books are introduced in lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Achievement is evaluated by the percentage of attendance, homeworks and final exam.
Related courses
- MAT.P204 ： Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics)
- MAT.C201 ： Inorganic Quantum Chemistry
- MAT.C302 ： Spectroscopy
Prerequisites
Enrollment of inorganic chemistry, thermal physics and chemical physics is desired.