1) Basic characteristics of industrial rocks, petrurgic raw materials, glass and ceramics, cements and enamel materials, slag and ash - phase composition, physical and mechanical properties.
2) Natural building materials - quarried aggregates, crushed aggregates, stone for coarse and fine stone production.
3) The current classification principles focusing on the relationship between the petrographic analysis and physico-mechanical properties.
4) SiO2 as the most significant oxide of the Earth’s crust, its forms of occurrence. SiO2 polymorphism – an important factor in the technology of silicates.
5) Characteristics of the physical and chemical properties of silicates and their relation to industrial applications.
6) Chemical diffusion, volume flow – important factors in the field of phase silicate systems.
7) Characteristics of the sintering processes, factors influencing sintering.
8) Nucleation and growth of new phases, dissolution of solid substances in the melts.
9) Characteristics of glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics based on clay minerals; raw materials and their mixtures.
10) Glass and crystal coatings - enamels, glazes.
11) Refractory acid materials /silica/ and alkaline materials /fire-clay/.
12) Air and hydraulic inorganic binders. Raw materials for cement production, cement phase composition, classification and characteristics of manufactured types of cement. Lime and its properties.
2) Natural building materials - quarried aggregates, crushed aggregates, stone for coarse and fine stone production.
3) The current classification principles focusing on the relationship between the petrographic analysis and physico-mechanical properties.
4) SiO2 as the most significant oxide of the Earth’s crust, its forms of occurrence. SiO2 polymorphism – an important factor in the technology of silicates.
5) Characteristics of the physical and chemical properties of silicates and their relation to industrial applications.
6) Chemical diffusion, volume flow – important factors in the field of phase silicate systems.
7) Characteristics of the sintering processes, factors influencing sintering.
8) Nucleation and growth of new phases, dissolution of solid substances in the melts.
9) Characteristics of glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics based on clay minerals; raw materials and their mixtures.
10) Glass and crystal coatings - enamels, glazes.
11) Refractory acid materials /silica/ and alkaline materials /fire-clay/.
12) Air and hydraulic inorganic binders. Raw materials for cement production, cement phase composition, classification and characteristics of manufactured types of cement. Lime and its properties.