1. Traditional binders – plaster, lime, cement. Raw materials, production.
2. Cement – hydration, properties, use.
3. Application in building materials – concrete, refractory concrete, aerated concrete.
4. Energy by-products and their division.
5. Formation of energy by-products, technological procedure of individual thermal processes that produce energy by-products.
6. Characteristics of by-products, chemical and physical properties.
7. Methods of testing energy by-products.
8. Utilisation of energy by-products, possibility of their recycling.
9. Alkali-activated materials – definition, division, use, properties.
10. Alkaline activators – water glass, solid sodium silicate, sodium hydroxide.
11. Geopolymers – definition, structure, use, properties. Principle of geopolymerization.
12. Geopolymer cements and concretes, their preparation and use.
2. Cement – hydration, properties, use.
3. Application in building materials – concrete, refractory concrete, aerated concrete.
4. Energy by-products and their division.
5. Formation of energy by-products, technological procedure of individual thermal processes that produce energy by-products.
6. Characteristics of by-products, chemical and physical properties.
7. Methods of testing energy by-products.
8. Utilisation of energy by-products, possibility of their recycling.
9. Alkali-activated materials – definition, division, use, properties.
10. Alkaline activators – water glass, solid sodium silicate, sodium hydroxide.
11. Geopolymers – definition, structure, use, properties. Principle of geopolymerization.
12. Geopolymer cements and concretes, their preparation and use.