Technical petrography and fundamentals of silicate chemistry

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0967/01
Abbreviation	TPZCHS
Course title	Technical petrography and fundamentals of silicate chemistry
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate and silicate minerals.
Technical utilisation of rocks.
Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as crushed aggregate and ornamental stones.
Primary and secondary raw materials for glass making and stoneware manufacturing.
Petrositales as part of glass-ceramics. Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in cement, building and other industries.
Basic substances and systems. Characteristics of glass Properties of molten glass. Glass manufacture. Properties of glass.
Principal types of industrial glasses. Glass-Ceramics. Ceramics based on clay raw materials. Technical ceramics. Refractories for industrial furnaces.
Coatings. Hydraulic binders. Non-hydraulic binders.
Characteristics of glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics based on clay minerals; raw materials and their mixtures.
Glass and crystal coatings - enamels, glazes.

Literature

CHATTERJEE, K., K. Uses of Industrial Minerals, Rocks and Freshwater. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2009.
KOGEL, J.E. et al. Industrial Minerals & Rocks Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., 2006.
Minerals Engineering. PERGAMON. .
Lithology and Mineral Resources. Springer. (print version), (electronic version).

Advised literature

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. Springer. (print version), (electronic version).
Natural Resources Research. Springer US. (print version), (electronic version).
JOM - The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Springer US. .
Bulletin of Materials Science. Springer India. (print version), (electronic version).

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