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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MINERAL BASED BINDING MATERIALS/5141332

Course Title:	MINERAL BASED BINDING MATERIALS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	2	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Describes mineral based binder materials (cement, lime, gypsum, pozzolan, adhesive mortar etc.) and explain their types and characteristics.
Explain raw materials of mineral based binder materials and their production methods.
Explain the physical, chemical, mechanical, mineralogical and microscopic properties of mineral based binder materials.
Practise the tests related with mineral based binder materials.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction of mineral based binder materials and theirs history, types and usage areas
2. Week	Cements and their types, raw materials and production
3. Week	Portland cement and blended cements, hydration of cement and its main compounds
4. Week	Physical, chemical and mechanical properties of cement
5. Week	Mineralogical and microscopical properties of cement
6. Week	Cement additives
7. Week	Pozzolans, types of pozzolan and their physical, chemical, mineralogical and microscopical properties
8. Week	Midterm exam - Pozzolans, types of pozzolan and their physical, chemical, mineralogical and microscopical properties (continue)
9. Week	Lime, types of lime and its physical, chemical, mechanical, mineralogical etc. properties
10. Week	Gypsum, types of gypsum and its physical, chemical, mechanical, mineralogical etc. properties
11. Week	Adhesive mortar, types of adhesive mortar and its physical, chemical, mechanical, mineralogical etc. properties
12. Week	Repair mortar, types of repair mortar and its physical, chemical, mechanical, mineralogical etc. properties
13. Week	Cement tests and evaluation of their test results-1
14. Week	Cement tests and evaluation of their test results-2
15. Week	Final exam
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	20
Assignment	1	20
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours			0
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Material Design and Implementation	10	3	30
Report Preparing			0
Preparing a Presentation	4	3	12
Presentation	1	3	3
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	3	3
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	6	6
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			180
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.2
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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6						X
7					X
8					X
9					X
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14					X
15					X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. H. Yılmaz ARUNTAŞ)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aruntas)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(aruntas@gazi.edu.tr)

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