Course Details

Academic Year 2026/27

BCA102 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SIS / M Summer Semester 3rd year

Present state-of the-art and development of laboratory methods. Special requirements on capability of testing laboratory, bill of credit.
Organization and dislocation of testing laboratory. Sampling and preparation of the samples for analysis. Molar composition, mol, mixtures and calculations of their composition, ways of expressing composition of solutions and mixtures of solids.
Theoretical principles of classic quantitative analysis, gravimetric analysis, titrimetric analysis, neutralization analysis, oxidimetry, reduktometry, complexometry, mercurimetry, argentometry and their application in analysis of building materials. Classical silicate analysis, utilization in testing laboratory in the building industry. Testing of mixing water and aggressive impact water. Theoretical principles of physico-chemical laboratory methods (optical, electroanalytical) and their utilization in building industry. X-ray diffraction analysis. Errors of chemical determinations, processing and interpretation of test results.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Pavel Rovnaník, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Chemistry

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Basics of general and inorganic chemistry, chemical composition of building materials, chemical calculations and nomenclature.

Basic Literature

Pištěková M. Chemie stavebních látek – Modul 1–5, Fakulta stavební, VUT v Brně, Brno, 2007. (cs)

Recommended Reading

Higson S.P.J. Analytical chemistry, Oxford University Press, 2006. (en)

Prerequisites

Basics of general and inorganic chemistry, chemical composition of building materials, chemical calculations and nomenclature.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/298952

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Current status and developments in testing methods. Technical requirements for the competence of testing laboratories; accreditation.
  2. Sampling and sample preparation for analysis. Separation methods. Mixtures and the calculation of their composition; methods for expressing the composition of solutions and solid mixtures.
  3. Theoretical fundamentals of classical quantitative analysis, kinetics of chemical reactions, equilibrium of chemical reactions, electrochemical principles of redox reactions.
  4. Gravimetric analysis, its principle, properties of precipitates, practical implementation, and applications. Calculations in gravimetric analysis.
  5. Volumetric analysis, its principle, classification, standard substances, indicators, and their functions. Neutralization analysis, oxidimetry, reductometry. Calculations in neutralization and redox titrimetric analyses.
  6. Complexometry, mercurimetry, argentometry, and their application in the analysis of building materials. Calculations in complexometric titrimetric analyses.
  7. Overview of classical silicate analysis, its application in testing laboratories in the construction industry.
  8. Chemical analysis of cement. Calculations of precipitation equilibria.
  9. Testing of mixing water. pH calculations.
  10. Theoretical fundamentals of physicochemical testing methods—optical: UV, VIS, and IR spectrophotometry, AAS, and AES, and their applications in the construction industry.
  11. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and X-ray difraction and their applications in the construction industry. Electron microanalysis.
  12. Theoretical foundations of physicochemical electroanalytical testing methods and their applications in the construction industry.
  13. Thermochemical methods and their applications in the construction industry. Theory of errors.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Basic information about the lab, safety procedures, and basic analytical skills.
2. Neutralization analysis – determination of the concentration of NaOH, determination of the unknown concentration of an H₂SO₄ solution
3. Oxidimetric analysis – dichromate analysis of iron
4. Analysis of sulfates in a leachate
5. Analysis of calcium hydroxide in construction binders
6. Chemical analysis of limestone
7. Water analysis – determination of CODMn, determination of aggressive CO₂ using the Heyer test
8. Water analysis – chelatometric titration of “water hardness,” argentometric analysis of chlorides
9. Cement analysis
10. Cement analysis
10. Cement analysis
11. Cement analysis
12. Cement analysis

Self-study

39 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective