Course detail
Glass, Ceramics, Binder
FCH-BC_SKPAcad. year: 2021/2022
basic element structures of silicate materials, definition and classification of ceramics, structure and properties of ceramics, bonds in ceramic materials, raw materials, technological process of production of traditional ceramic materials based on clay raw materials, technical ceramics, refractory materials, definition, type, characteristics, properties and applications, advanced ceramics, oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, ceramic materials for medical applications, superconducting ceramics, glass-ceramics, glass and crystalline coatings, definitions, characteristics, properties and uses of glass, types of glass according to chemical composition, technological process of glass production, glass melting process, melt characteristics, glass furnaces, types, construction, inorganic binders, plaster mortars, lime, Ordinary Portland cement, definition, raw materials, technological process of cement production, cement hydration, setting and hardening, mortars, concrete, non-portland cements, alumina cemet, pozzolans, latent hydraulic materials, alkali-activated materials
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be able to gain the knowledge of bases of technology of the production of glass, ceramics and inorganic binders.
Students will acquire the knowledge of physical and chemical reactions occurring in the processing of glass, ceramics and inorganic binders.
Students will be able to recognize different types of glass, ceramics and inorganic binders.
Students will acquire knowledge of basic properties of the various types of glass, ceramics and inorganic binders.
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2. Definition and classification of ceramics, structure and properties of ceramics, bonds in ceramic materials, raw materials.
3. The technological process of production of traditional ceramic materials based on clay raw materials.
4. Refractory materials, definition, type, characteristics, properties and applications.
5. Technical ceramics, oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics.
6. Glass-ceramics, glass and crystalline coatings.
7. Definitions, characteristics, properties and uses of glass, types of glass according to chemical composition.
8. The technological process of glass production, glass melting process, melt characteristics, glass furnaces, types, construction.
9. Inorganic binders, plaster mortars, lime.
10. Ordinary Portland cement, definition, raw materials, the technological process of production.
11. Cement hydration, setting and hardening, mortars, concrete.
12. Lecture of a specialist form industry.
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Basic literature
Doyle P.J. : Glass-making Today, , Portcullis Press; Revised edition (January 1979) (CS)
Hlaváč J., Základy technologie silikátů, SNTL Praha 1981 (CS)
Kingery W.D. et all: Introduction to Ceramics,1976 John Wileys and Sons (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_CHM , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHM , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory