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Raw-materials and their Utilization

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Course Unit Code541-0274/08
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First 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
DUR20Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.
MAL70doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D.
CHL0091Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.
Summary
Basic terms from the raw materials field. Ores - used minerals and their utilization. Raw materials - used minerals and their utilization. Energy mnerals - used minerals and their utilization. Basic technologies: iron metallurgy, anorganic binders, paints and pigments, production of glass and ceramics, utilization of the precious and decorative stones, utilization of the natural gas and crude oil.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Goal of the subject is to provide knowledge to the university student, so he/she will be able to understand given points at issue good enough to apply them in practical work. Student also obtains ability to partially analyse, categorize and classify major requirements of the raw-materials and theirs utilization for geological works.
Course Contents
Basic terms from the raw materials field. Ores - used minerals and their utilization. Raw materials - used minerals and their utilization. Energy mnerals - used minerals and their utilization. Basic technologies: iron metallurgy, anorganic binders, paints and pigments, production of glass and ceramics, utilization of the precious and decorative stones, utilization of the natural gas and crude oil.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KESLER S. E.: Mineral Resources, Economics and the Environment. Prentice Hall, 1994, 1-391.
HARBEN, P.,W., KUŽVART,M.: Industrial Minerals: a global geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Surrey-London, 1996.
WALTER L. POHL: Economic Geology. Principles and Practice. ISBN: 978-1-444-33663-4 April 2011 Wiley-Blackwell.
NEUKIRCHENV F., GUNNAR R. The World of Mineral Deposits. Springer, 2020, 377 s. ISBN 978-3-030-34345-3.
HLAVÁČ, J.: Základy technologie silikátů. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981.
JIRÁSEK, J., VAVRO, M.: Nerostné suroviny a jejich využití. Ostrava: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR & Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2008. Dostupné též na http://geologie.vsb.cz/loziska/suroviny/
SLIVKA, V. (ed.): Těžba a využití silikátových surovin. Praha: Silikátový svaz, 2002.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2019, Mineral commodity summaries 2019: U.S. Geological Survey, 200 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/70202434.
Recommended Reading:
RICHARD M. MCKENZIE, ed.: The Economic Constitution in Historical Perspective. Constitutional Economics. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath. 1984
LAZNICKA, P.: Giant Metallic Deposits. Future Sources of Industrial Metals. Berlin: Springer, 2006. 1-732, 1997
RIDLEY J.: Ore Deposi Geology. New York, CAmbridge University Press, 1-409, ISBN 978-1-107-02222-5
Le MAITRE R. W. ed.: Igneous Rocks. A Classification and Glossary of Therm. Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommisions on the Systematic of Igneous Rocks. 2002, Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN-13 978-0-521-66215-4, 1-236.
EARNSHAW, A., GREENWOOD, N. N.: Chemistry of the elements. 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.
GREENWOOD, N. N., EARNSHAW, A.: Chemie prvků. Svazek I. Praha: Informatorium, 1993.
GREENWOOD, N. N., EARNSHAW, A.: Chemie prvků. Svazek II. Praha: Informatorium, 1993.
JIRKOVSKÝ, R., TRŽIL, J., MAŽÁRIOVÁ, G.: Abeceda chemických prvků. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1985.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51