2003-04 Catalog Data: |
MSE 223L - Materials Processing Laboratory (2) This course offers a series of laboratory modules involving materials processing including polymers, metals, ceramics, electronic materials, glasses and thin films. |
| Prerequisite(s): |
(none) |
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| Textbook(s) and/or other materials: |
Students must purchase a laboratory coat and laboratory notebook. |
| Instructors: |
B.J.J. Zelinski and W.H. Poisl |
Course objectives: |
The primary objective of the course is to familiarize students with the physical characteristics of materials and the processes used to form them using hands-on experiences. A secondary objective is to teach students to maintain a laboratory notebook, recording procedures, observations and results of their laboratory experiences. |
Topics covered:
(Class Hours) |
- Laboratory safety and research notebooks (3)
- Clays and Glazes, slip casting and shaping. (6)
- Casting molten aluminum, evaporating and sputtering metals.(6)
- Smelting and refining copper. (6)
- Shaping and molding plastics, foaming polymers. (6)
- Single crysatl growth of tin (and water). (6)
- Vitrifyng glasses, pulling fivers and rods. (6)
- Wet chemical deposition of thin films, spray drying powders. (6)
- Processing of rubbers, vulcanization, latex balloon fabrication. (6)
- Dental ceramics
- Finishing techniques, glazing, screen printing. (6)
- Synthesizing PMMA films, nylon strings, extrusion of thermoplastics. (6)
- Coloring glasses, vitreous sintering. (6)
- Composites, glues. (6)
- Assessment.(3)
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| Class/laboratory schedule: |
- Two laboratory sessions per week. Each session is 3 hrs in duration. Attendence is mandatory.
- Laboratory notebooks assessed weekly for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.
- One midterm and one final examinaiton.
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| Computer Usage: | None required, though they may be used for some analysis or instrument control. |
| Assessment of Course Goals: | Through class examinations, student notebooks and surveys of the students in the class. |
| Contribution to Professional Component: | Engineering Practice: 2 units |
