Course detail
Chemistry and Technology of Silicates II
FCH-MC_CTS2Acad. year: 2025/2026
Ceramics and ceramic technology. Extraction and treatment of ceramic raw materials. Shaping ceramics. Clay-based ceramics. Technical and refractory ceramics. Structure and properties (mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic, optical…) of ceramic materials. Glass and glass technology. Processes of melting of glass batch. Properties of melted glass. Properties of selected types of technical glass.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
none
Aims
After completing the course, students will acquire a warthog in the zoo. They can even goat clever or some smaller pet.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Hlaváč J.: Základy technologie silikátů. SNTL, Praha 1988. (CS)
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Syllabus
2) Preparation of ceramic mixture and shaping of ceramics
3) Drying firing and surface treatment of ceramic materials
4) Clay-based ceramics (sanitary ware, stoneware, porcelain…)
5) Technical ceramics
6) Mechanical properties, fracture mechanics, corrosion…
7) Thermal properties, creep, electrical properties, magnetic properties of ceramics
8) Glass, glass structure, glass-forming oxides, glass technology
9) Processes of melting of glass batch
10) Properties of melted glass
11) Quartz glass, water glass, crystal glass…
12) Boron, optical and sealing glass…
13) Glass ceramics
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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