Self-Assessment Questions

1. What are the basic types of materials structure?

2. What are the peculiarities of crystalline and amorphous structures?

3. How would you define the microstructure of materials?

4. What are the types of bonds between structural elements in materials?

5. What can be the defects of crystalline lattice in real materials?

6. Outline the basic research methods used in the research of materials structures.

7. What are the peculiarities of surface-active substances (SAS)?

8. What are the features of colloidal systems?

9. Explain the difference between the terms "gel" and "sole".

What do you undersatand by the term “thixotropy phenomenon”?

10. Define the terms "suspension" and "emulsion".

11. Provide examples of construction materials relating to the different types of the disperse systems. What are their peculiarities?

12. What are the main types of pores, characteristic to construction materials?

13. What are the main types of macrostructures, characteristic to construction materials?

14. Explain the term "optimum structure" of materials. What are the technological facilities to achieve it?

15. What is the essence of the processes of dissolution, hydration, coagulation and crystallization?

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