541-0274/09 – Raw-materials and their Utilization (SJV)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written test.
E-learning
Other requirements
No further request on students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Explanation of the basic terms (natural resource, mineral resource, deposit), their classification and factors influencing their meaning. Importance of mineral resources for the economy of the state and the world. Main factors determining the future world development in the extraction and consumption of mineral resources. Systematic description of mineral resources in terms of their use.
2. Metallic mineral resources (ores): metals of the iron group - Fe, Mn, Cr, Ti;
3. Non-ferrous metals - Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Al, Mg; rare metals - W, Sn, Hg, As, Mo, V, Sb, Bi, Li, Be;
4. Precious metals - Au, Ag, platinoids; trace elements - In, Ga, Ge, Se, Te etc.;
5. Non-metallic mineral resources (non-metallic): building materials - granite, granodiorites, diorites, limestones, marbles, travertines, sandstone, etc.; raw materials of the chemical and food industries and agriculture - apatites, phosphorites, potassium salts, stone salt, saturation limestone, etc.; 6. Industrial non-metallic raw materials; ceramic, refractory and acid-resistant raw materials; glassmaking raw materials; foundry raw materials; fillers; bleaching and filtration raw materials; insulating materials;
7. Raw materials of the paint industry; abrasives and raw materials for the production of artificial abrasives; precious and semi-precious stones; raw materials for special purposes (optical, piezo and pyroelectric, etc.);
8. Fuel-energy raw materials: caustic biolities (coal group - peat, brown coal, black coal, anthracite, coal-scented gases; natural hydrocarbons group - oil, natural gas, bituminous shale, oil sands, asphalt, earth wax);
9. Radioactive raw materials - U, Th, Ra.
10. Hydromineral raw materials and gases: mineral waters and gases; diesel waters with Br, I, B, etc.; brines; hydrothermal waters; fresh drinking water and waters for technological use; seawater; inert gases - He, Ar, Ne, Kr, etc.
11. The most important mineral recovery and processing technologies: Iron and Steel Production.
12. Production of the most important inorganic binders (lime, cement, gypsum), Glass, Ceramics, Plastics, Paper, Rock Melting Technology.
13. Inorganic Dyes and Pigments Group, Processing of Precious
Decorative Rocks and Minerals, Oil and Coal Processing.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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