541-0537/02 – Principles of Silicates Chemistry (ZCHS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 5 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 1997/1998 | Year of cancellation | 2009/2010 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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.
Compulsory literature:
Hlaváč, J. The technology of glass and ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983.
Recommended literature:
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)
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
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.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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