Course detail

Theoretical grounds of fired building materials

FAST-DJB047Acad. year: 2023/2024

The aim of the subject is to obtain knowledge about further special properties of ceramic body (among others moisture expansion, electric and magnetic properties, chemical properties of ceramic materials etc.).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

8

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radomír Sokolář, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Entry knowledge

Properties of ceramic raw materials and their preparation, shaping in ceramics, drying, burning –basic general knowledge.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Theoretical fundamentals of ceramic body formation- relation between the structure of ceramic body and its properties, survey of ceramic materials special properties.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Budnikov: Technologie keramiky a žárovzdorného zboží. SNTL, Praha 1960 (CS)
Hanykýř, V., Kutzendorfer, J.: Technologie keramiky. SiliS, Praha 2008 (CS)

Recommended reading

Sokolář, R. a kol. Žárovzdorné jíly v ČR a metodika posuzování jejich vlastností. CERM, Brno 2012 (CS)
Valenta, L. Keramická příručka. Silikátový svaz, Praha. 2007 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPC-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPA-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DPC-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme DKA-M Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radomír Sokolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, silicates and ceramics, definition, characteristic of ceramic body, classification. 2. Microstructure and the structure of ceramic body. 3. Mechanical properties of ceramic materials. 4. Chemical properties of ceramic materials. 5. Thermal properties of ceramic materials. 6. High temperature behaviour of ceramic materials. 7. Electrical and magnetic properties of ceramic materials. 8. Optical properties of ceramic materials. 9. Ceramic materials for electro-technical purposes. 10. Ceramic materials for construction. 11. Practical demonstration in laboratory. 12. Practical demonstration in laboratory. 13. Practical demonstration in laboratory.