International Congress on Glass 2010
Date: September 20 to 25 - 2010
Venue: Bahia, Brazil
The 22nd International Congress on Glass will gather important professionals in the fields of science, technology and production of glass, including manufacturers, suppliers, engineers, researchers and students in a series of talks and poster presentations covering a number of topics related to glass science and technology. Special focus will be given towards discussions on issues concerning “sustainability and the environment”
The event will be held from September 20 to 25, 2010.
Glass science
- Glass structure
- Glass surfaces
- Structural relaxation, glass transition, Kauzmann catastrophe and entropy
- Crystal nucleation, growth, liquid phase separation
- Glass formation and vitrification
- Glass properties (mechanical, chemical, thermal, rheological, optical, electrical, etc.)
- Bioactive glasses
- Optically active glasses
- Ionic and electronic conductor glasses
- Fracture-resistant glasses
- Sol-gel glasses
- Non-oxide glasses
- Metallic glasses
- Hybrid glasses
- Glass-ceramics
- Glasses with new functionalities
- New Glasses
Technology and Glass Production
- Raw materials and glass components
- Refractories for glass melting
- Melting and forming of glass
- Production, transformation and coatings in glass
- Energy savings in the production of glass
- Energy savings in the application of glass and CO2 balance
- Environment, recycling and waste management
- Life cycle analysis (LCA) in the processes of glass and products
- New applications of glass
- Education in glass science and technology
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