Glass : mechanics and technology /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Le Bourhis, Eric
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Weinheim : Wiley, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed.
• Θέματα: Glass.; Glass manufacture.; Vidro.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.; Electronic books.

The second edition of a comprehensive reference in glass science, pointing out the correlation between the performance of industrial processes and practice-relevant properties, such as strength and optical properties. Interdisciplinary in his approach, the author discusses both the science and techn...

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• Glass: Mechanics and Technology; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Symbols and Definitions (Units in Parentheses); Physical Constants; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Glass, A Ceramic Material; 2.1 Four Classes of Materials; 2.2 Materials Properties; 2.3 Selecting Materials; 2.4 Performance Indices; 2.5 Shape Factors in Mechanical Design; 3 Glass Prehistory and History; 3.1 Natural Glasses; 3.2 Early Glasses; 3.3 First Optical Glasses; 3.4 Modern Glasses; 3.4.1 Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses; 3.4.2 Borosilicate and Aluminosilicate Glasses.
• 4 Applications of Glass4.1 Glazing; 4.2 Containers; 4.3 Optical Glass; 4.4 Glass Fibres for Insulation and Reinforcement; 4.5 Abrasive Tools; 4.6 Glass Manufacturers; 5 Glass Structure; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Silica Glass and Related Glasses; 5.2.1 Glass Network; 5.2.2 Glass Network Modification; 5.2.3 Short-Range Order; 5.3 Borate Glass and Related Glasses; 5.4 Organic and Chalcogenide Glasses; 5.5 Metallic Glasses; 5.6 Avoiding Crystallization; 5.6.1 Nucleation and Growth of Crystallized Phases; 5.6.2 Nucleation of Crystallized Phases; 5.6.2.1 Homogeneous Nucleation.
• 5.6.2.2 Heterogeneous Nucleation5.6.3 Crystal Growth; 5.6.4 Temperature-Time-Transformation (TTT) Diagram; 5.6.5 Devitrification; 5.6.6 Factors That Favour Glass Formation; 5.7 Vitroceramic Fabrication; 5.7.1 Introduction; 5.7.2 Conventional Method (Two Stages); 5.7.3 Modified Conventional Method (Single Stage); 5.7.4 Laser-Induced Method; 5.8 Glass Surface; 5.8.1 Surface Reaction; 5.8.2 Molecular Diffusion; 5.8.3 Glass Network Interaction with Water; 5.8.3.1 Water Reaction; 5.8.3.2 Ion Exchange; 5.8.3.3 Glass Corrosion; 5.8.4 Surface Properties; 6 Glass Rheology; 6.1 Viscosity.
• 6.1.1 Viscosity and Process6.1.2 Viscosity Measurement; 6.1.2.1 Rotation Viscometer; 6.1.2.2 Falling Sphere Viscometer; 6.1.2.3 Fibre Elongation Viscometer; 6.1.3 Viscosity Variation with Temperature; 6.1.3.1 Introduction; 6.1.3.2 Fragility; 6.1.3.3 VFT Empirical Formula; 6.1.3.4 Microscopic Approach; 6.2 Glass Transition and Its Observation; 6.2.1 'Observing' the Glass Transition; 6.2.2 Dilatometry; 6.2.3 Differential Scanning Calorimetry; 6.3 Viscous Response of Glass; 6.4 Viscoelastic Response of Glass; 6.4.1 Introduction; 6.4.2 Maxwell and Kelvin Solids; 6.4.3 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis.
• 6.4.4 Modelling Real Solids6.4.5 Functional Formulation; 6.4.5.1 Creep; 6.4.5.2 Stress Relaxation; 6.4.5.3 Elastic-Viscoelastic Correspondence; 6.4.5.4 Superposition Principle (Simple Thermorheological Behaviour); 6.5 Thermal Tempering of Glass; 6.5.1 Introduction; 6.5.2 Freezing Theory; 6.5.3 Stress Relaxation; 6.5.4 Structural Relaxation; 6.6 Transient Stresses; 6.7 Chemical Tempering of Glass; 6.7.1 Introduction; 6.7.2 Ion Exchange and Stress Build-Up; 6.7.3 Stress Relaxation; 6.7.4 Engineered Stress Profile Glasses; 7 Mechanical Strength of Glass; 7.1 Theoretical Strength.