26 hod., optionally

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.