1. Structure and crystal chemistry of silicates.
3. Layer charge, cation exchange in the interlayer, exfoliation, delamination,
intercalation.
4. Layered silicates and water in the interlayer space. Hydratation, dehydratatiion
and rehydratation.
5. Serpentine-kaolinite group. Structural ordering of kaolinites. Thermal change.
6. Halloysite.
7. Kaolinite and halloysite as clay nanofillers to polymers.
8. Talc-pyrophyllite group. Structure and modification for practical use.
9. Smectites. Cations exchange, modifications procedures.
10. Smectites as nanomaterials with specific properties.
11. Vermiculites. Thermal coversion of structure. Influence of acids on structure.
12. Vermiculite intercalation with metal compounds and their characteristics.
13. Organovermiculites. Preparation and characterization.
14. Clay minerals-polymers nanocomposites.
Laboratory exercises every 2 week.
1. Introduction, the content of laboratory exercises and requirements for obtaining credit, safety of work.
2. Preparation of clay fractions by grinding and sedimentation.
3. Preparation of monoionic form of silicate.
4. Preparation of organophilic forms of silicates.
5. Embedding the nanofiller into the polymer matrix.
6. Evaluation by analytical methods of the prepared nanocomposite.
3. Layer charge, cation exchange in the interlayer, exfoliation, delamination,
intercalation.
4. Layered silicates and water in the interlayer space. Hydratation, dehydratatiion
and rehydratation.
5. Serpentine-kaolinite group. Structural ordering of kaolinites. Thermal change.
6. Halloysite.
7. Kaolinite and halloysite as clay nanofillers to polymers.
8. Talc-pyrophyllite group. Structure and modification for practical use.
9. Smectites. Cations exchange, modifications procedures.
10. Smectites as nanomaterials with specific properties.
11. Vermiculites. Thermal coversion of structure. Influence of acids on structure.
12. Vermiculite intercalation with metal compounds and their characteristics.
13. Organovermiculites. Preparation and characterization.
14. Clay minerals-polymers nanocomposites.
Laboratory exercises every 2 week.
1. Introduction, the content of laboratory exercises and requirements for obtaining credit, safety of work.
2. Preparation of clay fractions by grinding and sedimentation.
3. Preparation of monoionic form of silicate.
4. Preparation of organophilic forms of silicates.
5. Embedding the nanofiller into the polymer matrix.
6. Evaluation by analytical methods of the prepared nanocomposite.