Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences
Academic Year 2018/2019 - 2° Year
MATERIALI LAPIDEI NATURALI ED ARTIFICIALI CON LABORATORIO
Teaching Staff
PAOLO MAZZOLENI - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory - GEO/09 - 3 CFUGERMANA BARONE - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials - GEO/09 - 6 CFU
Learning Objectives
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
- Acquire the basic skills to perform mineralogical, petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical analyses of natural and artificial stone materials
- Knowing how to interpret analytical data for the use of stone materials in industry and in the field of Cultural Heritage, also through practical examples
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials
The principal objective is to provide the basic knowledge concerning:
The mineralogical, petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical characteristics of natural and artificial lapideous materials used in industry and Cultural Heritage.
Overview of the environmental effects related to the use of stone materials
Course Structure
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
exercises with the guide of the teacher in the laboratories of the Department. Students will carry out brief reports on practical activities
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials
frontal lessons
Detailed Course Content
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
Exercises on the determination of the physical characteristics of stone materials: determination of the resistance to crystallization of salts; water absorption test by capillarity; water absorption test by total immersion; determination of open porosity, Determination of drying index, Determination of apparent and actual specific weight.
Exercise for reading and interpreting X-ray diffractometric analysis
Exercise for reading and interpreting X-ray fluorescence analysis
Microscope exercise on mortars and ceramics. - Natural and artificial lapideous materials
Course syllabus
Use of lapideous materials in the past and in modern industry
Stone materials in current and historical buildings: employment criteria; methods of extraction and / or cultivation of stone materials.
Alteration and degradation of stone materials; types of degradation (chemical, physical and biological degradation); description of degradation phenomena; variables that determine the phenomena of alteration and degradation; cause-effect mechanisms; Arnold model.
Artificial lapideous materials: archaeological pottery and industrial ceramics. Raw material; the production process; classification and functionality of ceramic products. Archaeometric problems in the study of pottery of archaeological interest. Mannoni classification and Whitbread classification. Case studies.
Artificial lapideous materials: Mortars, plasters and wall paints (binders, aggregates and pigments). Classification and petrographic characterization in thin section. Case studies.
Textbook Information
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
ELEMENTI DI PETROGRAFIA APPLICATA Piero Comin-Chiaramonti & Maurizio Mazzucchelli
Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione Elena Pecchioni,Fabio Fratini,Emma Cantisani
- Natural and artificial lapideous materials
ELEMENTI DI PETROGRAFIA APPLICATA Piero Comin-Chiaramonti & Maurizio Mazzucchelli
Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione Elena Pecchioni,Fabio Fratini,Emma Cantisani
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