DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year

MATERIALI LAPIDEI NATURALI ED ARTIFICIALI CON LABORATORIO

Teaching Staff

Detailed Course Content

• NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STONE MATERIALS WITH LABORATORY
  

  1. Introduction to the course: Natural and artificial stone materials (examples of use); Nomenclature and color; Representation methods (thematic maps) 2. The natural stone materials: Classification of rocks: volcanic and subvolcanic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; Recognition of rocks: mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical methods; Petrography of carbonate rocks. 3. Artificial stone materials: Definition and classification; Characterization of the primary components; Clays and their derivatives; Classification of clays and characterization through mineralogical, physical and chemical methods: Main types of use and derived products • Ceramic materials: main components of the ceramics, characterization of ceramic products by optical, chemical and physical methods; classification of ceramic products; production process of ceramics; archaeometry of ceramics • Mortars and concretes: classification of mortars and plasters and their main components; main types of binders; characteristics of aggregates; cements; chemical and physical processes; petrography of mortars, analytical methods. 4. Properties of materials: Main physical properties (density, specific weight, porosity, grain size, permeability to water, air or gas, imbibition coefficient, capillary absorption, gelivity, salt crystallization) • Mechanical properties (elastic and plastic behavior; toughness and resilience, hardness, compressive and flexural strenght) • Thermal properties • Chemical properties • Tecnological properties. 5. Extraction and processing of different types of stone materials; production cycles; main methods of quarry cultivation; extraction and finishing methods; legislation. 6. Degradation of stone materials: Definition, classification and current recommendation; description and analysis of processes; characterization of alteration products and degradation of the materials used for construction and decoration; relations between lithology, environment and decay; notes on restoration methods and protective/consolidating products; analytical protocols for maintenance and restoration.

• NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STONE MATERIALS WITH LABORATORY
  

  1. Introduction to the course: Natural and artificial stone materials (examples of use); Nomenclature and color; Representation methods (thematic maps) 2. The natural stone materials: Classification of rocks: volcanic and subvolcanic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; Recognition of rocks: mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical methods; Petrography of carbonate rocks. 3. Artificial stone materials: Definition and classification; Characterization of the primary components; Clays and their derivatives; Classification of clays and characterization through mineralogical, physical and chemical methods: Main types of use and derived products • Ceramic materials: main components of the ceramics, characterization of ceramic products by optical, chemical and physical methods; classification of ceramic products; production process of ceramics; archaeometry of ceramics • Mortars and concretes: classification of mortars and plasters and their main components; main types of binders; characteristics of aggregates; cements; chemical and physical processes; petrography of mortars, analytical methods. 4. Properties of materials: Main physical properties (density, specific weight, porosity, grain size, permeability to water, air or gas, imbibition coefficient, capillary absorption, gelivity, salt crystallization) • Mechanical properties (elastic and plastic behavior; toughness and resilience, hardness, compressive and flexural strenght) • Thermal properties • Chemical properties • Tecnological properties. 5. Extraction and processing of different types of stone materials; production cycles; main methods of quarry cultivation; extraction and finishing methods; legislation. 6. Degradation of stone materials: Definition, classification and current recommendation; description and analysis of processes; characterization of alteration products and degradation of the materials used for construction and decoration; relations between lithology, environment and decay; notes on restoration methods and protective/consolidating products; analytical protocols for maintenance and restoration.

Textbook Information

• NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STONE MATERIALS WITH LABORATORY
  

  • L. Morbidelli: Le rocce e i loro costituenti. Bardi ed.
  • Angelo Peccerillo & Diego Perugini: Introduzione alla Petrografia ottica. Morlacchi ed.
  • Piero Primavori: Pianeta Pietra. Zusi ed. (per le foto a colori vedi l'ed. in inglese:Planet Stone)
  • Piero Primavori: Lessico del settore lapideo Zusi edit.
  • Ninina Cuomo di Caprio: Ceramica in Archeologia 2
  • Monica T. Price: Atlante delle pietre decorative . Guida tecnica illustrata. Hoepli ed.
  • E. Pecchioni, F. Fratini, E. Cantisani: Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione
  • S. Tinè: Codice di pratica professionale per il restauro delle fronti esterne degli edifici. Flaccovio ed.
  • Clerici & F. Sfratato : La geologia nella pratica edilizia. Flacc. ed
  • Del Gaudio & A. Vallario: Attività estrattive: cave , recuperi e pianificazione. Liguori ed.
  • AIMAT: Manuale dei materiali per l'ingegneria. McGraw-Hill

• NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STONE MATERIALS WITH LABORATORY
  

  • Piero Primavori: Pianeta Pietra. Zusi ed. (per le foto a colori vedi l'ed. in inglese:Planet Stone)
  • Piero Primavori: Lessico del settore lapideo Zusi edit.
  • Ninina Cuomo di Caprio: Ceramica in Archeologia 2
  • Monica T. Price: Atlante delle pietre decorative . Guida tecnica illustrata. Hoepli ed.
  • E. Pecchioni, F. Fratini, E. Cantisani: Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione
  • S. Tinè: Codice di pratica professionale per il restauro delle fronti esterne degli edifici. Flaccovio ed.
  • Clerici & F. Sfratato : La geologia nella pratica edilizia. Flacc. ed
  • Del Gaudio & A. Vallario: Attività estrattive: cave , recuperi e pianificazione. Liguori ed.
  • AIMAT: Manuale dei materiali per l'ingegneria. McGraw-Hill