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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Recovery of Non-metallic Materials

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-2037/01
Abbreviation RNM
Course title Recovery of Non-metallic Materials
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Introduction to the subject, plastics, tyres, paper, radioactive materials, use, service life, recycling.
• Plastics and their sorting, sorting according to the origin, initial raw materials and physical and chemical properties.
• Chemical composition of individual polymers, poly-reaction, sorting according to kinds of poly-reactions.
• Production procedures for production of selected plastics (PE,PET,PVC), aggregates.
• Plastics sorting, methods of sorting, basic equipment.
• Valuation methods of waste plastics, destructive and non-destructive methods.
• Treatment methods, crashing, grinding, production of powder recycled material, use.
• Plastics use in an industry, electrical engineering, electronics, car industry.
• Tyres, structure, composition, basic raw materials, application range.
• Recycling of tyres, basic treatment procedures and aggregates, destructive and non-destructive methods, use of recycled material.
• Paper, structure, production, use, cardboard, tetrapacks, recycling technologies, treatment aggregates.
• Recycling of radioactive wastes.
• Environment and non-destructive technologies (gaseous, liquid and solid products).
• Non-standard methods of treatment of selected polymers (biological decomposition).

E-learning

none

Literature

[1] VIRTANEN, Y. a S. NILSSON. Environmental impacts of waste paper recycling. London: Earthscan, 1993. ISBN 1-85383-160-3.
[2] ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. 2nd ed. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.

Doporučená literatura

[1] KEETON, W.T. and J. GOULD. Biological Science. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. ISBN 978-0393953886 .