Assoc. Prof. Peter Uhlík, PhD. - Katedra mineralógie, petrológie a ložiskovej geológie

Position:	associated professor
Room:	G-420
Phone:	+421 2 9014 9270
e-mail:	peter.uhlik@uniba.sk
Publications	list of publications

Section of Economic Geology

Scientific interests

Characterisation of industrial minerals – properties and use (bentonite, clays, diatomite, kaolin, magnesite, perlite, talc, zeolite and others)
Clay minerals as indicator of geological processes (e.g. clay minerals as product of hydrothermal alterations – one of tools at the ore prospecting; clay minerals in sediments and soils as paleoenvironment indicator; clay minerals as paleotermometer)
Bedrock and soil – a part of wine terroir
Analytical methods of research: X-ray quantitative diffraction analysis; particle size distribution by XRD and HRTEM; iIllite crystallinity and expandability of mixed-layer illite-smectite as a paleothermometer)

Pedagogical activities

My teaching activities are mainly focused on the field industrial minerals and clay minerals, partly on economy of raw materials and mineral policy.

Bachelor’s degree:

Raw Materials
Deposits of industrial minerals
Mineralogy and crystalochemistry of natural nanomaterials
Applied mineralogy and Petrology

Master’s degree

Industrial Minerals and Fossil Fuels of Slovakia and Neighbouring Areas
World Deposits
Field Course in Mineralogy, Economic and Environmental Geology
Economy of raw materials
Geomaterials
Special Research Methods of Industrial Minerals
Clays as indicator of geological processes
Research Funding and Project Management

Doctoral degree

Economic geology
Mineralogical, Geochemical and Other Exploration Methods in Economic Geology
Advanced Methods of Research in Economic Geology

The most significant publications

Uhlík P., Šucha V., Eberl D. D., Puškelová Ľ. & Čaplovičová M., 2000: Evolution of pyrophyllite particle sizes during dry grinding. Clay Minerals, 35, 423-432.
Uhlík P., Šucha V., Elsass F. & Čaplovičová M., 2000: HRTEM of mixed-layer clays dispersed in PVP-10: a new technique to distinguish detrital and authigenic illitic material.Clay Minerals, 35, 781-789.
Honty M., Uhlík P., Šucha V., Čaplovičová M., Franců J., Clauer N. and Biroň A., 2004: Smectite-to-illite alteration in salt-bearing bentonites (The East Slovak basin).Clays and Clay Minerals, 52, 5, 533-551.
Hooshiar, A ., Uhlík, P., Ivey, DG., Liu, Q ., Etsell, TH.,2012: Clay minerals in nonaqueous extraction of bitumen from Alberta oil sands Part 2. Characterization of clay minerals. FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY Volume: 96 Pages: 183-194.
Bolanz, RM, Wierzbicka-Wieczorek, M., Čaplovičová, M., Uhlik, P., Gottlicher, J., Steininger, R; Majzlan, J., 2013: Structural Incorporation of As5+ into Hematite. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Volume: 47, Issue: 16, 9140-9147.

The newest publications

Lexa, J., Varga, P., Uhlík, P., Koděra, P., Biroň, A., Rajnoha, M.. 2021: Perlite deposits of the Central Slovakia Volcanic Field (Western Carpathians): Geology and properties. Geologica Carpathica, 2021, 72(3), pp. 253–281
Pospíšilová, L., Uhlik, P., Menšík, L., Hlisnikovský, L., Eichmer, A., Horáková, E.(…); Vlček, V., 2020: Clay mineralogical composition and chemical properties of Haplic Luvisol developed on loess in the protected landscape area Litovelske Pomoravi. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE 72 (3), pp.1128-1142
Pálková Helena, Kureková Valéria, Madejová Jana, Netriová Zuzana, Uhlík, Peter, Varga Peter, Hronský Viktor, Lexa Jaroslav, 2020: Determination of water content in raw perlites combination of NIR spectroscopy and thermoanalytical methods. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 240, 15 October 2020, 118517
Varga, P., Uhlík, P., Lexa, J., Šurka, J., Bizovská, V., Hudec P., Pálková, H., 2019: The influence of porosity on the release of water from perliteglass by thermal treatment. Monatshefte für Chemie, 150, 6, 1025-1040
Osacký, M., Binčík, T., Paľo, T., Uhlík, P., Madejová, J., Czímerová, A., 2019: Mineralogical and physico-chemical properties of bentonites from the Jastraba Formation (Kremnicke vrchy Mts., Western Carpathians). Geologica Carpathica, 70, 5, 433-445.
Andrezza de Almeida Azzia,, Peter Uhlík, Marek Osacký, Antenor Zanardo, Helena Palková, 2018: Changes in technological properties and microstructure of clayey raw materials from the Corumbataí Formation upon drying: Relevance to dry route tilemaking process. Applied Clay Science, 157, 92-101.
Martin Pentrák, Viktor Hronský, Helena Pálková, Peter Uhlík, Peter Komadel, Jana Madejová, 2018: Alteration of fine fraction of bentonite from Kopernica (Slovakia) under acid treatment: A combined XRD, FTIR, MAS NMR and AES study. Applied Clay Science, 163, 204-213.
Koděra, P., Kozák, J. Brčeková, J., Chovan, M., Lexa, J. Jánošík, M., Biroň, A., Uhlík, P., Bakoš, F.: 2018: Distribution and composition of gold in porphyry gold systems: example from the Biely Vrch deposit, Slovakia. Mineralium Deposita, 53, 8, 1193-1212.
Vlček, V., Pospíšilová, L., Uhlík, P., 2018: Mineralogy and chemical composition of cryosols and andosols in Antarctica. Air, Soil and Water Research, 13, 2, 61-73

Current Projects

APVV-20-0175 – principal investigator of the project (2025-2029) „Advanced applications of clay raw materials and perlite in the field of building materials” Click for project annotation

Slovakia is an important producer of some industrial minerals in terms of quality and often also quantity (e.g., bentonite). However, in addition to the extraction of high-quality raw materials, there is a large amount of low-quality raw materials that do not meet the market requirements and are often a mining waste. The first important objective of the project, in terms of circular economy and zero-waste management, is to focus on the efficient use of low-quality raw materials and mining waste. The project plans to focus on bentonites, perlites, kaolins and clays and their mining-related waste for their application in four types of building materials (BM). These are: supplementary cementitious material, expanded clay for lightweight building composites, clay plaster and mineral-mycelium-based composite materials. In particular, the mineral-mycelium-based composite, is an original material that can be a sustainable and biodegradable alternative to traditional BM. Another important project intent is to contribute to the reduction of CO₂ emissions through all four BM being developed. The main project outputs should be ten innovative materials at TRL 3 level and two at TRL 4 level. This ambitious goal can only be achieved through a multidisciplinary team of experts that combines Earth sciences with technical sciences. The project team is composed primarily of experts in applied mineralogy and economic geology, who will ensure the analytical and experimental part of the project. Testing of BM according to selected EN and STN standards will be carried out in accredited external labs. Scientific cooperation with domestic and foreign external institutions will also be an important part of the project. Significant prerequisites for the successful solution of the project are also the previous project experience of the project team and the management of the FNS CU and cooperation with companies, not only with REGOS, s.r.o., which will be a project outcomes user.