Course Description

Learn the significant properties of glass, both theoretically and experimentally

This course is an intensive combination of live online lectures and laboratory demonstrations that address most of the significant properties of glass, both theoretically and experimentally. The individual sessions are titled in the accompanying outline.

The lectures are organized to define each property, examine thermal and compositional effects, and describe practical measurement techniques. The laboratory demonstrations are designed to give the participants experience with common glass property tests.

Course Format

12 modules

  • Introduction to Glass
  • Kinetic Theory of Glass Formation
  • Structure of Glass
  • Phase Separation
  • Density
  • Viscosity
  • Thermal Expansion
  • Heat Capacity
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Elasticity
  • Strength
  • Electric Conductivity

*Employees of ACerS Corporate Partners receive the discounted Individual Member rate. Sapphire Corporate Partners receive an additional 20% discount; Diamond Corporate Partners receive an additional 30% discount. Please contact Customer Service or 614-890-4700 to register employees at the discounted Corporate Partner rates.

Joseph Homeny, Ph.D.

Joseph Homeny is technical director of the Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation, Westerville, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from Pennsylvania State University and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Rutgers University. He has industrial refractories experience in the research laboratories of the J.E. Baker Company and North American Refractories Company, and industrial glass experience at Owens Corning. Prior to joining Orton in 1992, he was a professor in the ceramic engineering department of University of Illinois. Homeny is active in the refractories and advanced ceramic committees of ASTM.

Check out more courses by Homeny: Advanced Thermal Properties of Refractories, Characterization of Refractory Microstructure, Drying and Firing of Refractories, Introduction to Properties of Refractories, Introduction to Refractories, Introduction to Refractory Compositions, Properties of Refractories, Refractory Fundamentals, and Refractory Manufacturing.

Member Registration Rate

$ 1,050

Non-Member Registration Rate

$ 1,130

Course Category

  • Orton Refractory