Course Details

Building Materials Chemistry

Academic Year 2025/26

BCA003 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / M Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Pavel Rovnaník, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Chemistry

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289747

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Present state-of the-art and development of laboratory methods. Special requirements on capability of testing laboratory, bill of credit.
  • 2. Organization and dislocation of testing laboratory. Separation techniques. Mixtures and calculations of their composition, ways of expressing composition of solutions and mixtures of solids .
  • 3. Classic quantitative analysis, equilibrium of chemical reactions, kinetics of chemical reactions, elecrochemical background of redox reactions.
  • 4. Gravimetric analysis, principle, properties of precipitates, practical carrying out. Calculating gravimetric analyses.
  • 5. Titrimetric analysis, principle, dismemberment, basic materials, indicators. Neutralization analysis, oxidimetry, reductometry and their application in analysis of building materials. Calculating neutralization and redox titration analyses.
  • 6. Complexometry, mercurimetry, argentometry and their application in analysis of building materials. Calculating complexometric titration analyses.
  • 7. Classical silicate analysis, utilization in testing laboratory in the building industry.
  • 8. Chemical analysis of cement. Calculating solubility equilibria.
  • 9. Testing of mixing water and aggressive impact water. Calculating pH.
  • 10. Theoretical principles of physico-chemical laboratory methods – optical: UV, VIS, IR spectrofotometry, AAS, AES and utilization in building industry.
  • 11. X-ray diffraction analysis. Electron microanalysis.
  • 12. Theoretical principles of electro analytical laboratory methods and their utilization in building industry.
  • 13. Thermochemical methods and their utilization in building industry. Errors of chemical determination.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Laboratory regulations and dealing with chemicals, cleaning of labware.
  • 2. Neutralization analysis – Standardization of NaOH solution, Determination of the concentration of sulphuric acid solution.
  • 3. Oxidimetric methods – Determination of iron salt by means of dichromatometry.
  • 4. Chelatometry – Determination of calcium and magnesium.
  • 5. Analysis of dolomite – Alkalimetric determination of insoluble carbonates, Chelatometric determination of CaO, MgO – sample preparation.
  • 6. Chelatometrické determination of CaO, MgO – finishing, Water analysis – chemical oxygen demand (Mn) determination.
  • 7. Water analysis – Determination of aggresive CO2 Heyer's test, Determination of water hardness, Potenciometric determination of pH of water.
  • 8. Analysis of silicate – Decomposition of cement with NH4Cl and HCl (1. sample).
  • 9. Analysis of silicate – Precipitation with ammonia (1. sample), Decomposition of cement with NH4Cl and HCl (2.samplea).
  • 10. Analysis of silicate – Determination of SiO2 (1. sample), Chelatometric determination of CaO, MgO, Al2O3 (1. sample).
  • 11. Analysis of silicate – Precipitation with ammonia (2. sample), Determination of SiO2 (2. navážka).
  • 12. Analysis of silicate – Chelatometric determination of CaO, MgO (2. sample), Determination of Fe2O3.
  • 13. Analysis of silicate – Chelatometric determination of Al2O3 (2. sample). Final test.