Students are expected to be familiar with following: Basic mineralogy, organic and inorganic chemistry, heat transfer, fluidity and filtration of gaseous media, interaction between melt and foundry mould.

Attendance in lectures is recommended, attendance in exercises is obligatory.
Credit for exercises: semestr project - obligatory
Examination : written and oral exam.
Attendance at laboratory seminars is compulsory. Absence from 3 seminars may be compensated for.

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with chemical and mechanical properties of moulding materials, which will be applied in other courses on technologies. The course will extend the knowledge of basic kinds of binders and sands,as well as principles of recycled waste sands.
Students will gain experience in the physical and chemical hardening of moulding sands,and will be made familiar with the problem of the influence of moulding sands on the environment in foundry shops and waste deposits.

The materials will be accessible through e-learning.

• Programme N-SLE-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory, fundamental theoretical courses of the profile core