Course detail

Microstructure of Building Materials

FAST-DJB045Acad. year: 2024/2025

Crystallography of inorganic substances. Porous structure, types of pores, their importance. Effect of porosity on physical properties of substances. Theory of hydraulic strengthening of substances. Micromechanics, tension in structure and defects of structure. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination. Significance of microstructure for materials development. Corrosion of inorganic materials. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Rostislav Drochytka, CSc., MBA, dr. h. c.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Entry knowledge

Brief fundamentals of General Physical Chemistry concerning the state of aggregates, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, processes on boundaries between phases, sorption effects and basic phenomena of disperse systems – Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry of Silicate Structures.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The aim of the subject is to introduce the students into the crystallography of inorganic materials, accent is laid on the importance of microstructure for the development of new materials, explanation of porosity on physical properties of materials, utilization of basic equipment methods practical determination of individual material components microstructure.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

LACH, V., DAŇKOVÁ, M., Mikrostruktura stavebních látek, 2. vydání, VUT Brno,. ISBN 80-214-0309-8.  (CS)
HENNING, O., LACH, V.: Chemie ve stavebnictví. SNTL Praha 1983. (CS)
MATOUŠEK, M., DROCHYTKA, R. Atmosérická koroze betonu. 1. vydání. Praha: IKAS, 1998, 171 stran, ISBN 80-902558-0-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

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

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Rostislav Drochytka, CSc., MBA, dr. h. c.

Syllabus

  • 1.–3. Micromechanics, tension in structure and defects of structure.
  • 4.–5. Physical methods for materials microstructure determination.
  • 6. Electron microscopy and optical microscopy.
  • 7.–8. Physical methods for determination of substances composition. Internal surface of materials and its determination.
  • 9. Significance of microstructure for materials development.
  • 10. Degradation of inorganic materials.
  • 11.–13. Thermal analyses, practical determination of individual material components microstructure.