Course: Building Raw Materials

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Course title Building Raw Materials
Course code UCHTML/C356
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Antoš Petr, Dr. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kalendová Andréa, prof. Ing. Dr.
Course content
1. Inorganic building material binders. Unslaked and slaked lime. Wet and dry lime slaking. Calcium hydroxide produced from calcium carbide. Steam-cured building materials. Application of lime-based building materials 2. Inorganic building material binders. Cement, cement composition, raw materials. Clinker composition. Portland cement, its manufacture and uses. Metallurgical cements, pozzolana cement, aluminate cement, asbestos cement, other cement types. Cement setting processes. 3. Cement concretes as structural materials in the construction industry. Reinforced concrete, steel concrete, prestressed concrete. Light concrete, types (lightweight concrete, porous concrete). Heavy concrete. Special concrete types (deaerated concrete, face concrete, aerated concrete, ready-mixed concrete, other concrete types.). Concrete admixtures (hydrophobisation, set control agents, aerating and sealing agents). 4. Other inorganic binders for the building industry. Plaster, rock gypsum, natural anhydrite. Industrial anhydrite from hydrofluoric acid manufacture. Industrial gypsum emerging from flue gas desulphurisation, from flue gas manufacture and purification and from phosphoric acid manufacture. Gypsum setting processes. 5. Plaster, ready-mix plasters, plaster composition, plaster manufacture and processing. Wet plaster types, dry ready-mix plaster types. Plaster admixtures 6. Heavy clayware in the construction industry. Porous products, clay and slate products. Gas-forming reactions during porous product manufacture. Cellular glass types, use of porous products. Clayware in the construction industry 7. Metal and metallic materials in the construction industry. Metallic products. Concrete-reinforcing steel, structural steel. Reinforcing mesh, sheets and plates. Nonferrous metals and alloys. Aluminium and its compounds. Aluminium metal, manufacture, Silicon and inorganic silicon compounds, technical silicon. Iron, technical iron alloys 8. Silicate products. Glass, glass composition, glass structure, raw materials for the glass industry (sand, soda ash, limestone). Glass properties and uses. Glass for the construction industry, sheet glass, special glass types. Glass fibre products. 9. Organic binders in the construction industry. Types of organic coatings and paints for the protection of concrete and mineral material surfaces. Brick-and-concrete paints, overview. Modern materials and trends in the protection of concrete and other mineral surfaces. Self-cleaning and hygienic brick-and concrete paints. 10. Auxiliary materials in the construction industry, adhesives, wallpapers, special fabrics. Raw materials based on renewable sources usable in the construction industry, wood, wood uses. Materials for heat insulation, sound insulation, insulation against the effects of chemicals radon radiation 11. Inorganic pigments for binders and paints in the construction industry. Colour pigments that are resistant to the alkaline environment in building materials and to the weather effects. Types and properties of iron-based pigments - iron-oxide red, yellow and black. 12. Pigments and special-property pigments. Photocatalytic titanium dioxide types. Pigments with fungicidal and antibacterial properties. Natural inorganic fillers for use in binders and paints for the construction industry. Silicate, carbonate and sulphate fillers. Special-property fillers fire-retardant and UV radiation reflecting types. 13. Polymeric materials in the construction industry. Basic types of plastics used in the in the construction industry. Thermoplastic and reactoplastic materials. Plastic products for the construction industry, flooring materials, insulating materials. Modern polymeric materials.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes

The participant who has completed the course is competent for work at research & development institutions focusing on chemical problems in the construction industry, paints and organic coatings.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

The examination is oral and follows a written test. The student is required to prepare a composition on a defined topic. The depth of the knowledge is examined.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, František. Chemická technologie polymerů. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1982.
  • Kalendová, Andrea. Technologie nátěrových hmot I. : pigmenty a plniva pro nátěrové hmoty. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2003. ISBN 80-7194-576-5.
  • Moore W. J. Fyzikální chemie, SNTL Praha 1979.
  • Pluhař, Jaroslav. Nauka o materiálech. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989.


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): Surface Protection of Building and Construction Materials (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Surface Protection of Building and Construction Materials (2014) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Surface Protection of Building and Construction Materials (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Surface Protection of Building and Construction Materials (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter