Course: Laboratory of Materials Synthesis and Characterization

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Course title Laboratory of Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Course code UCHTML/C075
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gojný Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Filipi Michaela, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Češek Břetislav, Ing. CSc.
Course content
Macrostructure and microstructure of wood. Microscopy analysis of wood specimens and different pulp samples. Pulp preparation by using nitric acid and sodium hydroxide. Chemical analysis of pulp - content of alpha, beta and gamma cellulose. Paper and paperboard mechanical and physical properties determination. Waste-water basic chemical analysis.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work
  • unspecified - 105 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 105 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject is designed as a laboratory practice. Students absolve individual experimental exercises according to their knowledge. They are learned in basic experimental papermaking techniques such as microscopy of wood, chemical analysis of black liquor and waste-water. They are also practiced in determination of some basic paper and board mechanical and physical properties. Student is able at the end of this course to orientate in some basic methods exploited for characterization of paper materials and their properties.
The students will obtain the new knowledge of materials like wood, pulp and paper as such. They are also practiced in techniques of synthesis of some cellulose-base materials and with theirs properties.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in basic laboratory techniques within the scope of the former courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation

There is a credit examination after elaborating of all specified laboratory works and delivering of all laboratory reports.
Recommended literature
  • Hnětkovský V. Papírenská příručka. SNTL Praha, 1983.
  • Milichovský M. a kolektiv. Návody pro laboratorní práce z chemické technologie papíru a celulózy, I.část. VŠCHT Pardubice, 1979.
  • Milichovský M. a kolektiv. Návody pro laboratorní práce z chemické technologie papíru a celulózy, II.část. VŠCHT Pardubice, 1981.
  • Souček M. Zkoušení papíru. SNTL, Praha, 1977.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemistry and Technology of Paper and Pulp (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemistry and Technology of Paper and Pulp (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Chemistry and Technology of Paper and Pulp (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter