Course Details
Microstructure of Building Materials
Academic Year 2023/24
DJB045 course is part of 4 study plans
DPC-M Summer Semester 1st year
DPA-M Summer Semester 1st year
DKC-M Summer Semester 1st year
DKA-M Summer Semester 1st year
Crystallography of inorganic substances. Porous structure, types of pores, their importance. Effect of porosity on physical properties of substances. Theory of hydraulic strengthening of substances. Micromechanics, tension in structure and defects of structure. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination. Significance of microstructure for materials development. Corrosion of inorganic materials. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
The aim of the subject is to introduce the students into the crystallography of inorganic materials, accent is laid on the importance of microstructure for the development of new materials, explanation of porosity on physical properties of materials, utilization of basic equipment methods practical determination of individual material components microstructure.
Syllabus
1.–3. Micromechanics, tension in structure and defects of structure.
4.–5. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination.
6. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy.
7.–8. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination.
9. Significance of microstructure for materials development.
10. Degradation of inorganic materials.
11.–13. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.
4.–5. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination.
6. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy.
7.–8. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination.
9. Significance of microstructure for materials development.
10. Degradation of inorganic materials.
11.–13. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.
Prerequisites
Brief fundamentals of General Physical Chemistry concerning the state of aggregates, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, processes on boundaries between phases, sorption effects and basic phenomena of disperse systems – Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry of Silicate Structures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
8 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
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
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1.–3. Micromechanics, tension in structure and defects of structure.
4.–5. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination.
6. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy.
7.–8. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination.
9. Significance of microstructure for materials development.
10. Degradation of inorganic materials.
11.–13. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.