Syllabus For The Subject ELEMENTS OF DECORATIVE MATERIALS

UNIT - 01

TREES FOR LIFE - DEFINITION - CLASSIFICATION OF TREES - SOFT WOOD AND HARD

WOODS - STRUCTURE OF TREES - FELLING STRUCTURE

UNIT - 02

TIMBER - DEFECTS IN TIMBER - NATURAL FORCES - QUALITIES OF GOOD TIMBER -

PRESERVATION OF TIMBER - INDUSTRIAL TIMBER - ADVANTAGE OF PLY WOODS - USES

OF TIMBER - INDIAN TIMBER TRACE

UNIT - 03

IRON ORES - INTRODUCTION - IRON - SELECTION OF IRON ORES - MANUFACTURING OF

PIG IRON - DRESSING - CALCINATIONS AND ROASTING - SMELTING - PROPERTIES OF

PIG IRON - TYPES - COMPOSITION OF CAST - IRON USES OF CAST IRON - NONFERROUS

UNIT - 04

METALS - MANUFACTURE - PROPERTIES - EVALUATION AS BUILDING MATERIAL - FORMS

OF ALUMINUM - COBALT, COPPER, LEAD, MAGNESIUM, NICKEL, TIN AND ZINC

UNIT - 05

ALLOYS - ALUMINUM ALLOYS - COPPER ALLOYS - MAGNESIUM ALLOYS - NICKEL AND

STEEL ALLOYS

UNIT - 06

STEEL - INTRODUCTION - MANUFACTURE OF STEEL - BESSEMER PROCESS -

CEMENTATION PROCESS - CRUCIBLE STEEL PROCESS - DUPLEX PROCESS - ELECTRIC

PROCESS - L.D. PROCESS - OPEN - HEARTY PROCESS

UNIT - 07

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL - FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF

STEEL - MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF STEEL - DEFECTS IN STEEL - PROPERTIES OF MILD

AND HARD STEEL

UNIT - 08

GLASS - INTRODUCTION - CLASSIFICATION OF GLASS - SODA LIME GLASS - POTASH

LIME GLASS - POTASH LEAD GLASS - COMMON GLASS - MANUFACTURE OF GLASS -

COLLECTION OF GLASS

UNIT - 09

RAW MATERIALS - COLLECTION OF RAW MATERIALS - PREPARATION OF BATCH -

MELTING IN FURNACE - FABRICATION - ANNEALING - TREATMENT OF GLASS - SPECIAL

VERIFIES OF GLASS

UNIT - 10

PAINTS - BASES FOR PAINTS - COLORING PIGMENTS FOR PAINTS - TYPES OF PAINTS -

ALUMINUM PAINT - ANTI CORROSIVE PAINT - PLASTICS PAINT EDICT PAIN TINTING ON

DIFFERENT SURFACES - REPAINTINTING OLD WOOD WORK ETC

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERIOR DESIGN

2 Yr.

ELEMENTS OF DECORATIVE MATERIALS(1031305)

UNIT - 11

VARNISHES - TYPES OF VARNISHES - OIL VARNISHES - SPIRIT VARNISHES -

TURPENTINE VARNISHES - WATER VARNISHES - DEFECTS IN POUNDING

UNIT - 12

DISTEMPER - PROCESS OF VARNISHING - PROPERTIES OF DISTEMPERS - INGREDIENTS

OF DISTEMPER - PROCESS OF DISTEMPER - WALL PAPER - WHITE - WASHING - COLOR

WASHING