Natural and artificial stone materials with laboratoryModule Natural and artificial stone materials
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GERMANA BARONEExpected Learning Outcomes
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
frontal lessons
Detailed Course Content
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
ELEMENTI DI PETROGRAFIA APPLICATA Piero Comin-Chiaramonti & Maurizio Mazzucchelli
Le malte antiche e moderne tra tradizione ed innovazione Elena Pecchioni,Fabio Fratini,Emma Cantisani
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduzione e utilizzo dei materiali lapidei | file 1 su STUDIUM introduzione al corso |
| 2 | Materiali ceramici | STUDIUM: file 1, file 3, file 12, file 13 e dispensa ceramiche |
| 3 | Materiali lapidei naturali | STUDIUM: file 2, file 4, file 5, file 6, file 7, file 8, file 10 |
| 4 | Metodi di studio | STUDIUM file 2a |
| 5 | Pigmenti | STUDIUM file 14 e file 15 |
| 6 | Malte storiche | STUDIUM file 16 |