Silicate Materials

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Milena Pavlíková

Tutor:

Milena Pavlíková

Supervisor:

Department of Material Engineering and Chemistry

Synopsis:

Silicate materials find applications in many industries. Traditional and modern materials include cement, hydraulic cement, alkaline and active materials, wood, stone, ceramics and stone, hard materials, and unique nanomaterials. They are used for building new, old, and historical objects.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Silica, alumina, calcium hydroxide - structure and properties.

The technology of hydraulic binders production. Main phases of portland clinker.

The hydration of clinker minerals. The solidification and hardening processes.

Structure of fresh and hardened cement paste and mortar, interfacial transition zone.

Special cement types.

Blended cement, additives, and admixtures.

Typical and special aggregate types.

Contemporary glassy and ceramic materials.

Alkali-activated materials.

Inorganic surface layers.

The thermodynamics of silicate systems.

Methods of silicate materials analysis.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

!M. Pavlíková, M. Keppert, CHEMIE, Chemie stavebních materiálů, Česká technika-nakladatelství ČVUT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-01-04237-3

!V. Hanykýř, J. Kutzendörfer, Technologie keramiky. Silikátový svaz. 2008 ISBN 978-80-86821-48-1

?S. Mindess, J. F. Young, D. Darwin, Concrete, Pearson Education, Inc. 2003.ISBN 0-13-064632-6

Note:

Further information:

https://k123.fsv.cvut.cz/chemie-silikatovych-materialu

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:D-1050 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
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Wed
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Stavební inženýrství - materiály a diagnostika staveb (compulsory course)