Course detail
Chemistry of Building Materials
FAST-CC051Acad. year: 2020/2021
Chemical bond, chemical equilibrium. Kinetics of chemical reactions. Thermal balance of chemical reaction. Water, ionization, pH. Chemistry of inorganic non-metallic materials - composition, properties and degradation. Chemistry and electrochemistry of metallic building materials, electrochemical potentials, corrosion of metals, and protection. Chemical properties of polymers, their stability and degradation. Biocorrosion of building materials.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Chemistry (CHE)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Student gets the aim of subject under control, i. e. chemical reactions of the solid structure of inorganic binder forming, chemical properties of metals, and degradation and corrosion processes of building materials.
Prerequisites
Base of general chemistry, kinds of chemical bonds in compounds, reaction kinetics, dissociation, electrolytes, base knowledge of electrochemistry, standard electrode potentials, base knowledge of inorganic chemistry, base of organic chemistry, principal of chemical terminology, stoichiometric calculations.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Chemical bond. Chemical equilibrium.
2. Kinetics of chemical reaction. Thermal balance of chemical reaction.
3. Water – structure, ionization, pH, substances content in water, and their effect on building materials.
4. Porosity of building materials. Transport of water and salts.
5. Chemistry of gypsum and anhydrite binders, properties of hardened gypsum, and degradation.
6. Chemistry of lime binders, plasters and mortars, degradation, renovation of plasters.
7. Degradation of ceramics – composition, porous structure, crystallization pressure of salts in pores. Chemistry of glass, and corrosion.
8. Chemical properties of cement paste in concrete.
9. Degradation processes of cement paste in concrete caused by atmosphere and aggressive solutions.
10. Chemical properties of aggregates in concrete, degrading processes. Stability and degradation of fibre reinforcement.
11. Chemistry of polymers based on carbon and silicon chains. Degradation of polymers.
12. Electrochemical properties of metals, electrochemical potentials. Metal corrosion. Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete, in water, soil corrosion, atmospheric corrosion.
13. Biocorrosion of building materials – fungi, alga, bacteria. Protection to corrosion and degradation of building materials.
2. Kinetics of chemical reaction. Thermal balance of chemical reaction.
3. Water – structure, ionization, pH, substances content in water, and their effect on building materials.
4. Porosity of building materials. Transport of water and salts.
5. Chemistry of gypsum and anhydrite binders, properties of hardened gypsum, and degradation.
6. Chemistry of lime binders, plasters and mortars, degradation, renovation of plasters.
7. Degradation of ceramics – composition, porous structure, crystallization pressure of salts in pores. Chemistry of glass, and corrosion.
8. Chemical properties of cement paste in concrete.
9. Degradation processes of cement paste in concrete caused by atmosphere and aggressive solutions.
10. Chemical properties of aggregates in concrete, degrading processes. Stability and degradation of fibre reinforcement.
11. Chemistry of polymers based on carbon and silicon chains. Degradation of polymers.
12. Electrochemical properties of metals, electrochemical potentials. Metal corrosion. Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete, in water, soil corrosion, atmospheric corrosion.
13. Biocorrosion of building materials – fungi, alga, bacteria. Protection to corrosion and degradation of building materials.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Chemical processes of the solid structure of inorganic binder forming, electrochemical properties of metals, degradation and corrosion processes of building materials.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Chemical bond. Chemical equilibrium.
2. Kinetics of chemical reaction. Thermal balance of chemical reaction.
3. Water – structure, ionization, pH, substances content in water, and their effect on building materials.
4. Porosity of building materials. Transport of water and salts.
5. Chemistry of gypsum and anhydrite binders, properties of hardened gypsum, and degradation.
6. Chemistry of lime binders, plasters and mortars, degradation, renovation of plasters.
7. Degradation of ceramics – composition, porous structure, crystallization pressure of salts in pores. Chemistry of glass, and corrosion.
8. Chemical properties of cement paste in concrete.
9. Degradation processes of cement paste in concrete caused by atmosphere and aggressive solutions.
10. Chemical properties of aggregates in concrete, degrading processes. Stability and degradation of fibre reinforcement.
11. Chemistry of polymers based on carbon and silicon chains. Degradation of polymers.
12. Electrochemical properties of metals, electrochemical potentials. Metal corrosion. Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete, in water, soil corrosion, atmospheric corrosion.
13. Biocorrosion of building materials – fungi, alga, bacteria. Protection to corrosion and degradation of building materials.
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Introduction to practice, safety of laboratory work, fire prevention
Salinity of masonry, adjustment of salts and deep of penetrating into testing material
Water, determination of ions in water, argentometric determination of chlorides
Binders, adjustment the type of binder according to present elements, deetrminatio of sulphste in solution
Analysis of cement, decomposition of cement, determination of MnO in blended cement
Analysis of cement, determination of CaO and MgO, decomposition of sample for determination of sulphates, determination of SiO2
Analysis of cement, determination of Fe2O3 and Al2O3, filtration of precipitate of BaSO4
Analysis of cement, determination of TiO2 and P2O5, annealing of precipitate of BaSO4
Corrosion of concrete, determination of Ca(OH)2 in cement pastes, adjustment of carobated and non-carbonated cement paste
Determination of aggressive CO2 in water, determination of ammonium ions in water
Silicium, preparing of silicium using magnesium as reducing agent, solubility of silicium in alkaline solutions, preparation of borosilicate glass
Supervision of protocols, credit