541-0274/09 – Raw-materials and their Utilization (SJV)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geological EngineeringCredits4
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2021/2022Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
CHL0091 Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.
MAL70 doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 2+1

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:

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.

Recommended literature:

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.

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

Full-time form (validity from: 2021/2022 Winter semester)
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Graded credit Graded credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: The course ends with a compulsory written test from the studied curriculum.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Optional lectures. The condition for passing the course is to master the materials according to the content of the course. Correct elaboration and submission of assigned tasks, written test.

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