Course: Properties of Inorganic Pigments

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Course title Properties of Inorganic Pigments
Course code KANT/C067A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Reinders Nataliia, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šulcová Petra, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Properties of powdery materials, especially pigments and fillers (their chemical, structural, physical and technological properties). Colour properties of inorganic pigments (reasons of colour, objective methods of colour measurements - systems XYZ, xyz, CIE L*a*b*, standardization of measurement conditions, calculation of colour difference and its meaning) Optical properties of pigments (hiding power and its connection with refractive index and particle size, Kubelka-Munk theory, tinting strength, lightfastness and weather resistance). Classification of inorganic pigments and technology. Basic principles of coloured high-temperature stable pigments preparation (thermodynamic and kinetic factors) and their survey. Other groups of special inorganic pigments - nacreous and metallic pigments, luminescent pigments (their optical principles and preparation).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
Students make the acquaintance of problems concerning inorganic pigments, their properties and production including theoretical principles of their synthesis.
Students receive information about effect of different methods of pigment preparation, possibilities of increase of reactivity of raw materials and mechanisms used for their synthesis. The students can characterize physical-chemical, application and technology properties of inorganic pigments and discuss their influence on quality of pigments.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of course: Technology of Inorganic Production, Experimental methods for Inorganic Technology

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Final test (written)
Recommended literature
  • Ullmanns Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. VCH, Weinheim, 1992.
  • Buxbaum G. Industrial Inorganic Pigments. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1993.
  • Oyarzin J. M. Pigment processing. Vincentz Verlag, Hannover, 2000.
  • Trojan M., Šolc Z., Novotny M. Pigments, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chem. Technol., Vol. 19. J. Wile and Sons Inc., New York, 1996.
  • Völz H.G. Industrial Color testing. VCH, Weinheim, 1995.


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