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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	20

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Principles of polymerization of [SiO4] tetrahedra. Silicate structures. Silicate classification. Technically important silicate systems. Mullite: phase diagram of SiO2-Al2O3, crystal structure, properties. Layered silicates: kaolinite, talc, mica, chlorites, vermiculite, montmorillonite, illite. Clays: clay-water system, ion exchange. Zeolites: structure, properties, application, production of synthetic zeolites. Feldspars. Silica: SiO2 polymorphs, synthetic SiO2, production and use of synthetic SiO2. Halogensilanes, alkoxysilanes, siloxanes, silicones. Silicate-based molecular nanotechnology. Silicate melt and its transformation into glass. Glass structure and kinetic theory. Types of silicate glasses. Relationship between glass composition and its properties. Glass surface and its modification. Controlled crystallization of glass. Phase separation in glass. Crystallization mechanisms and crystal growth kinetics. Glass-ceramics and its properties.
Literature:
D. T. Griffen, Silicate Crystal Chemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992.
P. J. Chenier, Survey of Industrial Chemistry, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub., New York, 2002.

1. Silicate Crystal Chemistry, D. T. Griffen, Oxford University Press, 1992.
2. Survey of Industrial Chemistry, P. J. Chenier, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub., 2002.

D_Izborni - Regular studij - Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry