Course Details

Theoretical fundamentals of silicates technology

Academic Year 2023/24

DJB048 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

Chemical equilibrium, Guldberg-Waag law, equilibrium system, reaction isotherm. State behavior of liquids, surface phenomena, cohesive pressure, transport phenomena in liquids.
Phase equilibrium, single-component system, Gibbs phase law, two-component system.
Heterogeneous systems of one-, two- and multi-component, solubility of gases in liquids.
Solid phase system - gas, solid phase - liquid phase, ternary systems.
Electrochemistry, Faraday's laws, molar conductivity of weak and strong electrolytes.
Wheatstone bridge, dissociation and hydrolysis, ionic product of water, galvanic cells.
Dispersion systems, distribution, basic physical properties, coagulation, zeta-potential.
Reaction kinetics, order and molecularity of reaction, reaction of 1st, 2nd and higher orders, catalysts.
Structure of silicates, Pauling principles, basic structure.
Clay minerals, structure, classification, binding of water in clay minerals.
Structure and properties of silicate melts, melt crystallisation, glass structure.
Heterogeneous equilibrium in silicate systems, solid state reaction.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Brief fundamentals of general physical chemistry in the area of atomistic, electrochemistry, state of matter, reaction kinetics, processes on boundaries between phases, sorption processes and basic phenomena of disperse systems. Fundamentals of physical chemistry concerning the structure of silicates, theory of melts and glasses, theory of solid state reactions.

Syllabus

1. Chemical equilibria, the Guldberg-Waag Law, systems outside of equilibrium, reaction isotherm.
2. State behaviour of liquids, surface effects, cohesion pressure, transport processes in liquids.
3. Phase equilibria, one component system, Gibbs Law of phases, system with two components.
4. Heterogeneous one-, two- and more-components systems, solubility of gases in liquids.
5. The systems: solid phase-gas, solid phase-liquid phase, ternary systems.
6. Electrochemistry, Faradays Laws, molar conductivity of weak and strong electrolytes, the Wheatstone´s bridge, dissociation and hydrolysis, ionic product of water, galvanic elements.
7. Disperse systems, division, basic physical properties, coagulation, zeta-potential.
8. Reaction kinetics, order and molecularity of reaction, reactions of 1st, 2nd, and higher orders, catalysts.
9. Structure of silicates, Pauling´s principles, basic structural arrangement.
10. Clay minerals, structural arrangement. Classification of clay minerals, water bond in clay minerals.
11. Structure and the properties of silicate melt. Melt crystallisation, the structure of glass.Heterogeneous equilibria in silicate systems, reactions in solid state.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of physics, chemistry and building materials, at the level of a graduate of a Master's degree in building engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUT.

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. Chemical equilibria, the Guldberg-Waag Law, systems outside of equilibrium, reaction isotherm. 2. State behaviour of liquids, surface effects, cohesion pressure, transport processes in liquids. 3. Phase equilibria, one component system, Gibbs Law of phases, system with two components. 4. Heterogeneous one-, two- and more-components systems, solubility of gases in liquids. 5. The systems: solid phase-gas, solid phase-liquid phase, ternary systems. 6. Electrochemistry, Faradays Laws, molar conductivity of weak and strong electrolytes, the Wheatstone´s bridge, dissociation and hydrolysis, ionic product of water, galvanic elements. 7. Disperse systems, division, basic physical properties, coagulation, zeta-potential. 8. Reaction kinetics, order and molecularity of reaction, reactions of 1st, 2nd, and higher orders, catalysts. 9. Structure of silicates, Pauling´s principles, basic structural arrangement. 10. Clay minerals, structural arrangement. Classification of clay minerals, water bond in clay minerals. 11. Structure and the properties of silicate melt. Melt crystallisation, the structure of glass.Heterogeneous equilibria in silicate systems, reactions in solid state.