C6910 Conservation of subjects made from inorganic materials I

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Pavla Rovnaníková, CSc. (lecturer)
ak. soch. Jitka Trčková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Příhoda, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture is focused on chemistry and methods for conservation and restoration of objects made from glass, ceramics and stone. Students are acquainted with raw materials that are used in the process of production.
Syllabus
  • BUILDING MATERIALS.
  • GYPSUM. Production, hardening, properties of hardened bonding agents, technical gypsum products, quality classes according to Czech standards, utilization.
  • LIME. Air lime. Production, properties, slacking, storing, carbonatation, quality classes according to Czech standards, utilization. Hydraulic lime. Production, characteristics according to hydraulic module, reaction with water, quality classes according to Czech standards, utilization.
  • Cements on portland sintered clay base. Production, properties, hydratation, kinetics, properties of mixed cements, quality classes according to Czech standards, utilization.
  • Special inorganic bonding agents. Low-energy binding agents. Aluminate cement, production, properties, hydratation, utilization.
  • Magnesium bonding agents, production, properties, utilization.
  • CERAMICS.
  • History of ceramics and china, typology of prehistoric and early historic ceramics, types of ceramic products, technology of production, possibilities how to inflence properties.
  • Ceramics decorating, production defects, factors causing damaging of ceramics.
  • GLASS.
  • History of glass production, glass sorts, special properties, molten glass production, product formation.
  • Decorating, production defects, factors causing damaging of glass
  • Conservation and restoration of glass.Protection and care of ceramics and glass, cleaning, gluing, filling-up, fastening, retouche, conditions for depositing and handling.
  • STONE
  • Conservation and restoration of stone. Object investigation, stone cleaning, fastening, impregnation, stone protection against water, artitial stone, mastics.
  • History of stone. Greatmoravian period, Roman style, gothic, Renaissance, baroque, rococo, empire, romantic historism, historical styles, modern style, funcionalism, cubism, constructivism.
  • Reasons and sources of stone damaging. Rocks, corrosion. Influence and significance of a crust. Influence of a production way and working. Corrosion of arenaceous marl, sandstone, limestone,and marmor.
  • Stone buildings, other buildings, ruins, protection against biological destruction, treatment of soils by silicon agents (silicatization), agents for stone surface cleaning, hydrofobization of masonry, buildings made from plasticized clay. Protective-decorative treatment of facade.
  • Damaging, conservation, and restoration of buildings made from concrete and armoured concrete. Ways of building stabilization. Gluing of sculpture fragments. Hydrofobization and fastening of concrete and armoured-concrete surfaces.
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
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava and Pavla ROVNANÍKOVÁ. Tvorba výkvětů na povrchu betonu (Efflorescence is a crystalline deposit on concrete surface). In VII. Vedecká konferencia s medzinárodnou účasťou. Zborník prednášok 10.sekcia:Stavebné materiály. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach. Stavebná fakulta, 2002, p. 185-189. Sborník príspevkou zo VII. Vedeckej konferencie. ISBN 80-70-99-816-4. info
  • GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Pavel POSPÍŠIL and Pavla ROVNANÍKOVÁ. Identification of the Roman cements in Bohemian and Moravian Historical Buildings. In 5th International congress on restoration of architectural heritage Firenze 2000. 1st ed. Florencie, Itálie: University of Florence, 2000, p. 1527-1536. info
  • ROVNANÍKOVÁ, Pavla, Miroslava GREGEROVÁ and Naděžda KRMÍČKOVÁ. Složení a náhrada omítek historických staveb (Composition and replacement of historical building plasters). In XI. Mezinárodní końference, 18.-20. října 1999 - Vysoké učení technické, Fakulta stavební, Sborník příspěvků. 1st ed. Brno: VUT Brno, 1999, p. 157-160. info
Teaching methods
theoretical course, lectures
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.