Course detail

Chemistry in Civil Engineering

FAST-DC54Acad. year: 2024/2025

Silicon dioxide, silicates, structure and properties. Aluminosilicates, aluminium oxide, aluminium hydroxide, chemical properties. Cement chemistry, solidification processes of binders, properties of hydratation products. Chemistry of airy binders, composition, properties, solidification processes. Chemistry of glass, water glass.
Type of corrosion, kinetics of corrosion reactions. Concrete corrosion – composition of cement stone, corrosion by liquid and gaseous environments. Mathematical model of atmospheric corrosion.
Iron, steel, non-ferrous metals, electrochemical and chemical properties. Corrosion of metals, theory of electrochemical corrosion of iron, corrosion metals in natural water, corrosion by soil action, atmospheric corrosion.
Relation between corrosion of concrete and steel reinforcement, chlorides in concrete, chloride threshold level.
Building stone and aggregates, degradation porocesses.
Biocorrosion of building materials – fungi, alga, sponges, bacteria – conditions of their action.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Pavla Rovnaníková, CSc.

Department

Institute of Chemistry (CHE)

Entry knowledge

Base of general, physical, inorganic and organic chemistry in the range of the subject BC01.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Chemistry of silicates, solidification processes of binders, environmental deterioration of building materials, corrosion processes of metals, mathematical models of corrosion processes. Biocorrosion of buiding materials.
Student will manage higher level of the chemistry of building materials, chemical and biological corrosion processes.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Moncmannová et al.: Environmental degradation of materials. WIT PRESS 2005
Scrivener, K. L.,Young, J.F.: Mechanisms of Chemical Degradation of Cement-based Systems. E+F N Spon 1997
Skalny, J., Marchand, J., Odler, I.: Sulfate attack on concrete. Spon Press 2002

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Pavla Rovnaníková, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Silicon dioxide, silicates, structure and properties. 2. Aluminosilicates, aluminium oxide, aluminium hydroxide, chemical properties. 3. Cement chemistry, solidification processes of binders, properties of hydratation products. 4. Chemistry of airy binders, composition, properties, solidification processes. 5. Chemistry of glass, water glass. 6. Type of corrosion, kinetics of corrosion reactions. 7. Concrete corrosion – composition of cement stone, corrosion by liquid environment. 8. Atmospheric corrosion of concrete – carbonation, sulphatation, nitration, protection against corrosion. 9. Mathematical model of atmospheric corrosion. 10. Iron, steel, non-ferrous metals, electrochemical and chemical properties. 11. Corrosion of metals, theory of electrochemical corrosion of iron, corrosion metals in natural water, corrosion by soil action, atmospheric corrosion. Relation between corrosion of concrete and steel reinforcement, chlorides in concrete, chloride threshold level. 12. Building stone and aggregates, degradation processes. 13. Biocorrosion of building materials – fungi, alga, sponges, bacteria – conditions of their action.