PřF:C7960 Conserv.inorg.subjects III-c

C7960 Conservation of subjects made from inorganic materials II - course

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Wed 8:00–11:50 C10/316

Prerequisites

Bachelor study of the Chemistry of conservation-restoration

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Advanced practical course from the field of technology, processing, and identification of metals.

Syllabus

1. Materiological examination of metals (X-ray methods,gamagraphy, supersound, etc.).
2. Study of corrosion products (X-ray diffraction, polarizing microscopy).
3. Structure study of historical metalic materials (metallography, microhardness and macrohardness proofs)
4. Structure study of historical metalic materials (electron microscopy).
5. Determination of corrosion velocity.
6. Electrochemical investigation of corrosion.
7. Glass silvering.
8. Preparation of the niello mixture; preparation of liver of sulfur patinating.
9. Phase equilibria of multiphase systems.
10. Chemico-thermic material treastment.
11. Metal casting technology, fabrication of simple casting form from sandstone or clay (foundry in Technical Museum Brno)

Literature

NIKITIN, Michail Kapitonovič and Jelena Petrovna MEL'NIKOVA. Chemie v konzervátorské a restaurátorské praxi. Translated by Jiří Příhoda. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 231 s. ISBN 8021030623. info
SAMEC, Zdeněk. Elektrochemie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 1999, 99 s. ISBN 8071849480. info
Analytická příručka. Edited by Jaroslav Zýka. 4., upr. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 831 s. info
Analytická příručka. Díl I [Zýka, 1988]. Edited by Jaroslav Zýka. 4. upr. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 678 s. info
FISCHER, Oldřich. Fyzikální chemie : (termodynamika, elektrochemie, kinetika, koloidní soustavy). 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 333 s. info

Assessment methods

Practical course, course-unit credit.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.