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Technical petrography and fundamentals of silicate chemistry

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Course Unit Code541-0170/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
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.
MAL70doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D.
Summary
Basic characteristics of industrial rock, glass and ceramics, cements and enamel materials, slag and ash phase composition, physical and mechanical properties. Natural building materials. Characteristics of the physical and chemical properties of silicates and their relation to industrial applications.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Knowledge and comprehension of properties and utilizationation of minerals and rocks. 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 characteristics of industrial rocks, petrurgic raw materials, glass and ceramics, cements and enamel materials, slag and ash - phase composition, physical and mechanical properties.
2) Natural building materials - quarried aggregates, crushed aggregates, stone for coarse and fine stone production.
3) The current classification principles focusing on the relationship between the petrographic analysis and physico-mechanical properties.
4) SiO2 as the most significant oxide of the Earth’s crust, its forms of occurrence. SiO2 polymorphism – an important factor in the technology of silicates.
5) Characteristics of the physical and chemical properties of silicates and their relation to industrial applications.
6) Chemical diffusion, volume flow – important factors in the field of phase silicate systems.
7) Characteristics of the sintering processes, factors influencing sintering.
8) Nucleation and growth of new phases, dissolution of solid substances in the melts.
9) Characteristics of glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics based on clay minerals; raw materials and their mixtures.
10) Glass and crystal coatings - enamels, glazes.
11) Refractory acid materials /silica/ and alkaline materials /fire-clay/.
12) Air and hydraulic inorganic binders. Raw materials for cement production, cement phase composition, classification and characteristics of manufactured types of cement. Lime and its properties.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BLATT H., TRACY R., OWENS B.(2005) Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. - Freeman.
KRIST E., KRIVÝ M. (1985): Petrológia. – SNTL/Alfa, 461 s.
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 1804-5847 (online)
TOMKEIEff, S. I. Dictionary of Petrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York, c1983. Hlaváč, J. The technology of glass and ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983.
KUDĚLÁSKOVÁ, M.: Petrografické praktikum : klasifikace vyvřelých hornin. Vysoká škola báňská, Ostrava, 1991.
HLAVÁČ, J.: Základy technologie silikátů. SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, Praha, 1988.
CHVÁTAL, M.: Úvod do systematické mineralogie. Silikátový svaz, Praha, 2005.
SEN, Gautam: Petrology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, [2014]. ISBN 978-3-642-38799-9.
Recommended Reading:
BLATT H., TRACY R., OWENS B.(2005) Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. - Freeman.
KRIST E., KRIVÝ M. (1985): Petrológia. – SNTL/Alfa, 461 s.
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 1804-5847 (online)
TOMKEIEff, S. I. Dictionary of Petrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York, c1983. Hlaváč, J. The technology of glass and ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983.
KUŽVART, M.: Ložiska nerudních surovin. ACADEMIA, Praha, 1984.
HANYKÝŘ, V.: KUTZENDORFER, J. Technologie keramiky. Vega s. r. o., Hradec Králové, 2002.
DOPITA, M., HAVLENA,V., PEŠEK, J.: Ložiska fosilních paliv. SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury,Praha, 1985.
FROST, Bryce Ronald a Carol Denison FROST. Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-02754-1.
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
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18