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Laboratory analysis of building materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 223-0090/02
Abbreviation LABM
Course title Laboratory analysis of building materials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. František Kresta, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The basic of laboratory analysis, work safety, introduction to materials chemistry
The principles of sampling and sample preparation for various analytical procedures.
Inorganic chemistry of building materials
Chemical analyzes of major and minor elements. Instrumentation. Processing results. Interpretation.
Thermal and thermogravimetric analysis. Instrumentation. Processing results. interpretation
Optical methods in material analysis
Spectral methods in material analysis
Infrared spectroscopy, Instrumentation. Processing results. interpretation
X-ray powder digfrakce Instrumentation. Processing results. interpretation
Determination of water in materials Instrumentation. Processing results. interpretation
Determination of the composition of water and aqueous extracts, the pH of the solution. Determination of pH of the material.
Determination of phase changes in materials during heating conditions and corrosive materials. Selection of instrumentation. Principles of processing and interpretation of results.

E-learning

LMS Moodle: Laboratory analysis of building materials 223-0090/02

Literature

KEALEY, D.; HAINES P. H.: Analytical chemistry, Oxford: BIOS, 2002. ISBN 1-85996-189-4.

Advised literature

RAMACHANDRAN, V. S. Handbook of thermal analysis of construction materials. Norwich, N.Y.: Noyes Publications/William Andrew Pub., c2003. ISBN 978-0815514879 .

MIESSLER, Gary L., Paul J. FISCHER a Donald A. TARR. Inorganic chemistry. Fifth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2014. ISBN 978-0321811059 .