MATERIALI LAPIDEI NATURALI ED ARTIFICIALI CON LABORATORIO

9 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

PAOLO MAZZOLENI - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory - GEO/09 - 3 CFU

Email: pmazzol@unict.it
Office: Corso Italia 57 95129 Catania
Phone: 0957195744
Office Hours: Lunedì - Venerdì dalle 9 alle 10

CLAUDIO FINOCCHIARO - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
GERMANA BARONE - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials - GEO/09 - 6 CFU

Email: gbarone@unict.it
Office: Corso Italia 57 95129 Catania
Phone: 0957195742
Office Hours: da lunedì a venerdì dalle 8 alle 9

CLAUDIO FINOCCHIARO - Module Natural and artificial lapideous materials

Learning Objectives

Natural and artificial lapideous materials Laboratory
1. Acquire the basic skills to perform mineralogical, petrographic, geochemical and petrophysical analyses of natural and artificial stone materials
2. 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
- Errors of measurement
- 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, degradation and durability of stone materials

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. 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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