Course Details
Building Chemistry
Academic Year 2023/24
BCA001 course is part of 3 study plans
BPC-SI / VS Summer Semester 1st year
BKC-SI Summer Semester 1st year
BPA-SI Summer Semester 1st year
Select chapters of basic and physical chemistry, chemical bonds, kinetics of chemical reactions, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, dispersion systems, dissociation, pH value, hydrolysis, and electrochemistry.
Natural and secondary raw materials for building industry. Chemistry of glass. Air and hydraulic binders, production, chemical properties, setting and hardening. Corrosion of hardened binders and aggregates in the composite materials.
Chemical properties of other building materials, their degradation and protection.
Chemical and electrochemical properties of metals, their corrosion and protection.
Chemical properties of water, waste water, water for concrete production and impact water. Atmosphere, and air pollution.
Selected chapters of organic chemistry. Chemical composition and properties of wood, bitumen, carbon polymers and silicones.
Natural and secondary raw materials for building industry. Chemistry of glass. Air and hydraulic binders, production, chemical properties, setting and hardening. Corrosion of hardened binders and aggregates in the composite materials.
Chemical properties of other building materials, their degradation and protection.
Chemical and electrochemical properties of metals, their corrosion and protection.
Chemical properties of water, waste water, water for concrete production and impact water. Atmosphere, and air pollution.
Selected chapters of organic chemistry. Chemical composition and properties of wood, bitumen, carbon polymers and silicones.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
The selected chapters of general and physical chemistry that are in relation to the chemistry of building materials.
Chemistry of inorganic and organic building materials, their chemical composition, processes of the formation of solid structure and the chemical corrosion processes.
Chemistry of inorganic and organic building materials, their chemical composition, processes of the formation of solid structure and the chemical corrosion processes.
Knowledge
Student gets the aim of subject under control, i. e. the selected chapters of general, physical, inorganic and organic chemistry that are in relation to the chemistry of building materials and to the chemistry of water.
Syllabus
1. Atomic mass, the mole, composition of nucleous, isotopes, radioactivity, atomic structure.
2. Quantum numbers, Pauli principle, Aufbau principle, Hund’s rule, periodic trends in atomic properties, periodic table.
3. Chemical bonds, polarity of bonds, chemical equations, stoichiometry, dissociation, pH.
4. Chemical kinetics, reaction rates, activated complex, catalysis, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium.
5. Phase states of matter, gases, liquids, solids, crystallography.
6. Dispersions – gels, suspensions, aerosols, emulsion, colloids, real solutes, tezides.
7. Properties of selected inorganic compounds of carbon and silicon, chemistry and degradation of glass.
8. Chemical composition and properties of natural and secondary raw materials used i building industry
9. Production, composition and chemical properties of lime, hydraulic lime, gypsum plaster, Portland cement, and high alumina cement.
10. Corrosion of binders, protection against degradation processes.
11. Electrochemistry, galvanic cells, standard reduction potentials, electrolysis, metals and their corrosion.
12. Chemistry of water and atmosphere. Chemical composition of wood and deterioration of timber structures. Bitumens.
13. Composition of polymers based on the carbon chain, their chemical stability. Composition and properties of silicones, chemical durability.
2. Quantum numbers, Pauli principle, Aufbau principle, Hund’s rule, periodic trends in atomic properties, periodic table.
3. Chemical bonds, polarity of bonds, chemical equations, stoichiometry, dissociation, pH.
4. Chemical kinetics, reaction rates, activated complex, catalysis, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium.
5. Phase states of matter, gases, liquids, solids, crystallography.
6. Dispersions – gels, suspensions, aerosols, emulsion, colloids, real solutes, tezides.
7. Properties of selected inorganic compounds of carbon and silicon, chemistry and degradation of glass.
8. Chemical composition and properties of natural and secondary raw materials used i building industry
9. Production, composition and chemical properties of lime, hydraulic lime, gypsum plaster, Portland cement, and high alumina cement.
10. Corrosion of binders, protection against degradation processes.
11. Electrochemistry, galvanic cells, standard reduction potentials, electrolysis, metals and their corrosion.
12. Chemistry of water and atmosphere. Chemical composition of wood and deterioration of timber structures. Bitumens.
13. Composition of polymers based on the carbon chain, their chemical stability. Composition and properties of silicones, chemical durability.
Prerequisites
Atomic structure of the elements, periodic table, basic chemical laws, inorganic terminology, simple stoichiometric calculations, basic terms of organic chemistry, an overview of the hydrocarbons and their derivates, principals of organic compounds nomenclature.
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
To offer to students of all faculties
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Atomic mass, the mole, composition of nucleous, isotopes, radioactivity, atomic structure.
2. Quantum numbers, Pauli principle, Aufbau principle, Hund’s rule, periodic trends in atomic properties, periodic table.
3. Chemical bonds, polarity of bonds, chemical equations, stoichiometry, dissociation, pH.
4. Chemical kinetics, reaction rates, activated complex, catalysis, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium.
5. Phase states of matter, gases, liquids, solids, crystallography.
6. Dispersions – gels, suspensions, aerosols, emulsion, colloids, real solutes, tezides.
7. Properties of selected inorganic compounds of carbon and silicon, chemistry and degradation of glass.
8. Chemical composition and properties of natural and secondary raw materials used i building industry
9. Production, composition and chemical properties of lime, hydraulic lime, gypsum plaster, Portland cement, and high alumina cement.
10. Corrosion of binders, protection against degradation processes.
11. Electrochemistry, galvanic cells, standard reduction potentials, electrolysis, metals and their corrosion.
12. Chemistry of water and atmosphere. Chemical composition of wood and deterioration of timber structures. Bitumens.
13. Composition of polymers based on the carbon chain, their chemical stability. Composition and properties of silicones, chemical durability.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Information regardeing laboratory session.
2. Acids. 3. Bases. 4. Neutralization and hydrolysis of slts. 5. Oxidation and reduction. 6. Lime, plaster of Paris. 7. Cements. 8. Other building materials. 9. Water. 10. Water in consuption and the environment. 11. Metals. 12. Properties of selected organic compounds. 13. Final test.