Unit One Text: Historical Development of Materials and Technology Reading Passage Properties of Materials Cements and Glasses Unit Two Text:Portland Cement and its Types Reading Passage Composite Cements : General Considerations History of Cement Unit Three Text: Manufacture of Portland Cement Reading Passage Raw Materials for the Manufacture of Portland Cements Burning Unit Four Text: Setting and Hardening Reading Passage The Hydration of Portland Cement Low-energy" Cements Unit Five Text: Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Prestressed Concrete Reading Passage High Performance Concrete Durability of Concrete Unit Six Text: Ceramming : Changing G|ass to Glass-Ceramics Reading Passage Types of Ceramic Glasses Ion Exchange in Glass Processing Unit Seven Text: Pollution Control in Glass- Making Reading Passages Energy Conservation Technologies and Recycling Glass Quality Unit Eight Text: History of Glass Making Reading Passage Architectural Glass Glass Products Unit Nine Text: Application of Microcomputers to Glass Problems Reading Passage Batch Calculations Distributed Computer Systems Unit Ten Text : Ceramics Reading Passage Ceramics: An Overview Ceramic Kiln Unit Eleven Text: Ceramic Raw Materials Reading Passage Basic Raw Materials Structure of Ceramics and Ceramic Phase Diagrams Unit Twelve Text: Developments in Ceramics Reading Passage …… Unit Thirteen Unit Fourteen Unit Fifteen Unit Sixteen Appendix Key to Exercises