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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Technological Petrography

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0970/03
Abbreviation TP
Course title Technological Petrography
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

1. The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate and silicate minerals. Technical utilisation of rocks.
2. Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as crushed aggregate and ornamental stones. Primary and secondary raw materials for glass making and stoneware manufacturing.
3. Petrositales as part of glass-ceramics. Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in cement, building and other industries.

Literature

KOGEL, J.E. et all. Industrial Minerals & Rocks Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., 2006.
SPENCE, R., Shi, C. Stabilisation and solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive and Mixed Wastes. CRC Press, London, 2005.
SUAREZ-RUIZ, I., CRELLING, J. C. Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization. Elsevier, San Diego, 2008.
CHATTERJEE, K., K. Uses of Industrial Minerals, Rocks and Freshwater. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2009.
INGHAM, J. Geomaterials Under the Microscope: A Colour Guide. CRC Press, London, 2010.

Advised literature

Minerals Engineering. PERGAMON. ISSN: 0892-6875 .
Lithology and Mineral Resources. Springer. ISSN: 0024-4902  (print version), ISSN: 1608-3229  (electronic version).
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. Springer Japan. ISSN: 1438-4957  (print version), ISSN: 1611-8227 .


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