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Environmental, Medical and Technological Applications of Minerals and Mineral-Like Materials

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Environmental, Medical and Technological Applications of Minerals and Mineral-Like Materials

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Academic year 2023/2024

Course ID
CHI0173
Teacher
Linda Pastero (Lecturer)
Degree course
Materials Science [0202M21]
MaMaself
Year
2nd year
Teaching period
First semester
Type
Characterizing
Credits/Recognition
6
Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
GEO/06 - mineralogy
Delivery
Class Lecture + Lab Practicals
Language
English
Attendance
Obligatory
Type of examination
Written and oral (optional)
Prerequisites
Basics of chemistry: stoichiometry, red-ox reactions
Basics of physics: diffraction, matter/radiation interactions
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Sommario del corso

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Course objectives

After attending the course (theoretical lessons and practical activities), the student will know about the applications of minerals, in particular:

  1. natural sources of raw materials
  2. minerals for biomedical purposes, environmental remediation, industry
  3. basics of crystal growth applied to a few specific cases (laboratory)
  4. application of some laboratory techniques (X-ray powder diffraction, SEM imaging, EDS elemental analysis, AFM surface analysis)
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Results of learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

General knowledge of the mineral groups, their classification and applications.

Detailed knowledge of some mineral groups and their applications.

Comprehension of the relationships between theoretical concepts of crystallography and diffraction and minerals behavior.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

Basic knowledge about minerals and mineral-like materials must be applied to medicine, environmental remediation, and industry .

During the laboratory sessions, synthesis and characterization of some materials-related mineral phases will be carried out and characterized mainly by X-ray diffraction, imaging, elemental, and, eventually, surface analysis.

Making judgements

  • Acquisition of aware judgment autonomy concerning evaluation and interpretation of experimental data, from diffractometric techniques.

Communication skills 

  • Acquisition of oral and written English communication skills and expertise in the field.

Learning skills

  • Acquisition of autonomous learning capacity and self-assessment of its preparation, in order to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.
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Program

  • Introduction: why study minerals in Materials Science?

  • Descriptive mineralogy (to level the language).

  • Notes on crystal growth (to level the language).

  • Notes on minerals as non-renewable resources: clays, bentonite, lime, kaolin, feldspar, quartz, rock salt, talc, feldspathic, and silicic sands.

  • Minerals for the environmental remediation: water, air, and soil contamination. Minerals as solid-state storage media for critical elements and pollutants.

  • Biominerals and biomimetic materials: Medical applications (osteoinduction and osteoconduction). Pathologic mineralization. Some case studies (fluorosis, rheumatoid arthritis, calcifications, and carcinoma-related mineralizations). Amorphous materials and their role in biomineralization.

  • Minerals for industrial applications: ceramics, cement, high-tech.

  • Notes on Geopolymers.

  • Laboratory: synthesis of some mineral-like materials

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Course delivery

Lectures (4CFU-32hours), Practice (1CFU - 12hours) and Laboratory (1CFU-16hours) in presence.

The laboratory is mandatory for at least 70% of the hours (3 lab days).

 

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Learning assessment methods

The written test is mandatory and consists of five questions about the topics covered during the classes and the laboratory. Students will prepare short lab reports during the laboratory sessions, and lab reports must be delivered to the teacher at least 5 days before the oral exam date. Failure to deliver reports will be worth 3 points less.

Students willing to improve their final evaluation must take the oral exam. The oral exam is not mandatory and does not guarantee a better score in the end. Students will take the oral exam in the same session as the written test. Students will accept or reject their marks by the end of the oral session.

 

 

 

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Support activities

 

 

Suggested readings and bibliography

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Research articles provided by the teacher during the course                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             .



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Notes

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The teacher is available by appointment to discuss, repeat, and clarify the concepts explained during classes.

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