Department of Non-Metallic Materials
The department carries out research activities in the following areas:
- Development of advanced non-metallic inorganic (especially ceramic) materials for demanding industrial applications where high mechanical, thermal and chemical resistance is required
- Modern waste-free technologies for chemical processing of mineral raw materials, e.g. design of amorphous SiO2 synthesis from silica wastes
- Complex processing of Slovak magnesite into products with high added value
- Production, properties and application of refractory materials
- Study of corrosion of refractory ceramic materials by melt or gaseous environment in metallurgical, cement and power thermal aggregates
- Non-traditional applications of mineral raw materials, e.g. removal of heavy metals from contaminated groundwater using magnesite