JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Technology of Glass and Ceramics

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Course title Technology of Glass and Ceramics
Course code UTM/PU090
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Majrich Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic concepts, structure of glass, difference between glass and enamel, properties of enamel 2. Properties of glass, glass raw materials, stem, charge 3. Glass melting, theory, technology, furnaces, glass dosing 4. Glass shaping 5. Glass cooling, theory, technology, cooling furnaces 6. Glass finishing, mechanical, thermal, chemical principles 7. Characteristics of ceramics, classification, structure of natural silicates 8. Raw materials for the production of fine ceramics 9. Preparation of ceramic mixtures, properties of raw material mixtures 10. Ceramic shaping, pressing, plastic dough shaping, casting 11. Ceramic drying, theory, technology, dryers, firing, sintering 12. Surface treatment of ceramics, selected types of ceramics 13. Refractory materials, oxide and non-oxide ceramics, ceramic composites

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course acquaints students with the basics of glass and ceramics technology, which are important materials occurring in the automotive industry. The aim of the course is to introduce students to information about the properties and production of glass and ceramics.
Students are able to describe technologies in the field of glass and ceramics and apply the acquired knowledge to technical practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Hlaváč, J. Základy technologie silikátů. SNTL, 1988.
  • Kratochvíl Bohumil, Švorčík Václav, Vojtěch Dalibor. Úvod do studia materiálů. VŠCHT Praha, 2005.
  • KUTZENDÖRFER, J. Žárovzdorné materiály - 5. SiS-ČR, Praha, 2008.
  • KUTZENDÖRFER, J. Žárovzdorné materiály - 6. SiS-ČR, Praha, 2007.
  • MATOUŠEK, J. Anorganické nekovové materiály. VŠCHT Praha, 1992.
  • MENČÍK, J. Teoretické základy procesů tvarování skla. Univerzita Pardubice, 2019.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2024/2025