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Silicates

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Course Unit Code541-0555/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SLI60prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.
Summary
SiO2 as the most significant oxide of the earth crust, its forms of
occurrence.
Chemical diffusion, volume flow, characteristics of sintering operations,
factors affecting sintering. The nucleation and growth of new phases, the
dissolution of solid matters in melts.
Characteristics of glass, glass ceramics and ceramics on the base of clay
minerals, raw materials and their mixtures. Glass and crystallizing coatings.
Refractory acid and basic materials.
Inorganic binders. Raw materials for the production of cements, the phase
composition of cements. Lime and its properties.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The objective is knowledge of silicates physical a chemical properties, as the most important mineral class and comprehension of its attachment on industrial applications. Significant objective is competence to synthesis theoretical informations and its application in processes of silicate technologies.
Students should learn
analysed the problem, combined theoretical knowledges with its practical utilisation, sumarised obtained knowledges, interpreted findings from the solutions practical problems point of view, generalised created conclusions.
Course Contents
1. Basic substances and systems.
2.Characteristics of glass
3. Properties of molten glass.
4. Glass manufacture.
5. Properties of glass.
6. Principal types of industrial glasses.
7. Glass-Ceramics.
8. Ceramics based on clay raw materials.
9. Technical ceramics.
10. Refractories for industrial furnaces.
11. Coatings.
12. Hydraulic binders.
13. Non-hydraulic binders.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Hlaváč, J. The technology of glass and ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983.
HLAVÁČ, J.: Základy technologie silikátů. SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, Praha, 1988.
HANYKÝŘ, V., KUTZENDORFER, J.: Technologie keramiky. Vega s. r. o., Hradec Králové, 2002.
KONTA, J.: Keramické a sklářské suroviny. Vydav. UK, Praha, 1982.
GREGEROVÁ, M.: Petrografie technických hmot. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996. 139 s. ISBN 80-210-1427-.
Recommended Reading:
Ceramics - Silikáty / published by Foundation of Professor Rudolf Bárta, Institute od Chemical Technology in Prague, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. - Praha : Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická [Praha], 1990- ISSN 0862-5468 (print)1804-5847 (online)
CHVÁTAL, M. Úvod do systematické mineralogie. Silikátový svaz, Praha, 2005.
SLAVÍK, F., NOVÁK, J., KOKTA, J. Mineralogie. Academia, Praha, 1974.
PROVIS, J. L A J. STEPHANUS J. VAN DEVENTER. Geopolymers: structure, processing, properties and industrial applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press ; Oxford, 2009, xiv, 454 s. ISBN 978-1-4398-0970-9.
HLAVÁČ, J.: The technology of glass and ceramics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1983, 431 s. ISBN 0-444-99688-5.
RAMACHANDRAN, V a J BEAUDOIN. Handbook of analytical techniques in concrete science and technology: principles, techniques, and applications. Park Ridge: Noyes Publications, c2001, xxix, 964 s. ISBN 0-8155-1437-9.
SAITO, Shinroku. Fine ceramics. New York: Elsevier, c1985, xxii, 352 s. ISBN 0-444-01193-5.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit33 (33)17
                Other task typeOther task type33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)18
                OralOral examination67 18