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Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

The expertise of the produced mortars (cement, gypsum, lime). Knowledge of technological tests according to standard requirements. Practical working knowledge of tests, including evaluation. Able to operate laboratory equipments.

Basic properties of building materials and possibilities of their optimal utilization in building structures

Building materials, Building Chemistry

Information is presented to students in the form of three theoretical seminars.
Students work in seminars on assigned tasks in teams and then presents the results in the form of protocols.
Students are required to calculate specified exercises individually, the correctness of which is verified by supervisor of seminars.

Credit – attendance at seminars, completion submissions of all seminar reports in required length, form, quality and time, test (pass mark at least 50 %).

1.Introductory tutorial.
2.Tests of cement properties.
3.Determination of mortar properties.
4.Tests of natural gypsum and FGD-gypsum properties.
5.Preparation and testing of blended cement properties.
6.Tests of lime properties.
7.Determination of cements specific mass.
8.Determination of cements (clinkers) specific surface – permeability method by means of Blaine apparatus.
9.Determination of cement sorts by microscopic and chemical method.
10.Educational visits.
11.Determination of cement volume stability.
12.Test.
13.Final tutorial – course unit credits.

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The leaver of the subject acquires detailed information about test methods of binders (cement, lime, plaster) mostly used in building industry and about ways of their evaluation.The knowledge from the subject is the essential base for further technical subjects concerning the properties and the suitability of building materials.

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

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NOVÁK, Jan: Návody do cvičení. Ústav THD, 2002.

MOORE, Walter John: Fyzikální chemie. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981. (CS)
Saarela, K.: Classification of Building Materials. Technical Research Centre VTT, 2000. ISBN 951-682-673-3.

39 hours, compulsory

1. Conditions of credit awarding prerequisites, laboratory order, tour of the laboratory
2. Theory of sulfate binders
3. Theory of lime and cement
4. Tests of cement properties, determination of normal consistency, begin and the time of cement setting. Determination of cement strength.
5. Determination of specific mass of cements (clinker) specific surface by permeability method using the Blain apparatus.
6. Determination of cement sort by microscopic and chemical methods.
7. Determination of mortar properties, determination of mortar strength, of mortar adhesion to the background and of mortars workability.
8. Tests of natural- and FGD-gypsum properties, determination of water/gypsum ratio, of the begin and time of gypsum hardening.
9. Preparation and testing of blended cements properties, preparation of different types of cements and determination of slag (or of fly ash) content effect on physico-mechanical properties of prepared cements.
10. Tests of lime properties, determination of lime reactivity, the yield of lime - shortened method.
11. Excursion
12. Credit