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Chemistry and Technology of Silicates I
FCH-MC_CTS1Acad. year: 2021/2022
Origin, classification, mineralogy and properties of deposits of industrially important minerals and rocks. Plastic and non-plastic ceramic raw materials. Raw materials high in calcium and magnesium oxide. Synthetic raw materials for ceramics. Raw materials for glass production. Basics of glass ceramics technology and inorganic binders. Theory of high temperature processes.
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2) Plastic ceramic raw materials, clays and earths for ceramics
3) Non-plastic raw materials, ie grogs and fluxes
4) Raw materials with high content of CaO and MgO, ie carbonates, wollastonite…
5) Synthetic raw materials for ceramics
6) Raw materials for glass batch preparation
7) Ceramics technology
8) Glass technology
9) Technology of inorganic binders
10) Theory of high temperature processes - Diffusion
11) Theory of high temperature processes - Nucleation and growth, dissolution
12) Theory of high temperature processes - Reaction of solids
13) Theory of high temperature processes - Sintering
1) Determination of humidity, density and loss on ignition
2) COD test
3) Rational analysis of ceramic raw materials
4) Determination of hygroscopicity
5) Liquidation tests of casting suspensions
6) Determination of thixotropy
7) Determination of solubles content
8) Determination of sorption capacity
9) Determination of carbonates in soils
10) Sedimentation analysis by hydrometer
11) Adsorption of anogranic dyes
12) Determination of pH of ceramic raw materials and masses
13) Bigot curve
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Basic literature
Hlaváč J.: Základy technologie silikátů. SNTL, Praha 1988. (CS)
Kašpar J., Přistoupil V.: Nerostné suroviny. SNTL, Praha 1954. (CS)
Konta J.: Jílové minerály Československa. Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, Praha 1957. (CS)
Konta J.: Keramické a sklářské suroviny. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Praha 1982. (CS)
Kužvart M.: Ložiska nerudních surovin. Akademia, Praha 1984. (CS)
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