G9841 Microscopy for diploma students

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 12:00–12:50 Go,-1012
Prerequisites
! G9840 Microscopy for dipl. students && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemical substances )))
Passsed Bachelor's degree study
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the and of this course, students should be able to: excercise the main optical methods working on the individual diploma problems of students
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: - apply optical microscopy of minerals and rocks in solving the topic of his diploma thesis thema
Syllabus
  • The instruction has the nature of consultations, pertinent to petrological work.
  • It is focused on practical tasks, ensuing from the theme of diploma thesis, namely: micropetrographic analyses, quantitative mineralogical analyses,
  • rock classifications, grain-size measurement, porosity
  • microstructural and textural petrological characteristics
  • thermogravimetry and its application
  • X-ray diffraction study of rocks and its application infrared spectroscopy and its application in petrographically oriented work
  • electron microscopy and microanalysis
  • The instruction is modified according to needs of the diploma students in individual classes
Literature
  • OKRUSCH, Martin and Hartwig E. FRIMMEL. Mineralogy : an introduction to minerals, rocks, and mineral deposits. Berlin: Springer, 2020, xi, 719. ISBN 9783662573143. info
  • DYAR, M. Darby and Mickey E. GUNTER. Mineralogy and optical mineralogy. Illustrated by Dennis Tasa. Chantilly, Va.: Mineralogical Society of America, 2008, xxiv, 706. ISBN 9780939950812. info
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Bohuslav FOJT and Václav VÁVRA. Mikroskopie horninotvorných a technických minerálů (Microscopy rock-forming and technical minerals). 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2002, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-7028-195-2. info
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava. Poznávání hornin (Petrography). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1998, 153 pp. ISBN 80-210-1838-0. info
Teaching methods
consultations, work on individual problems
Assessment methods
The course is finished by credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, autumn 2017, spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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