Özet:

Karacadag basalt spreads in an area in Diyarbakır-Shanlıurfa plain in southeastern Anatolia region of our country in a north-south direction with an area of 80-m thick 10,000 km2 area. The fact that the basalts that exist in the area have adequate volume for use in different industrial areas increases the importance of the study. Cordierite kiln shelf plates are currently used to arrange materials in ceramic and porcelain kilns in ceramics industry. The plates, which are used as carrier shelves especially in kilns where ceramic, vitreous, porcelain and technical ceramic materials are baked, are resistant to temperatures up to 1230oC. In the present study, the possibility of using volcanic rocks of Karacadag area to convert them into high-value-added products as ceramic kiln shelves was investigated in particular. In this study, the chemical, mineralogical and petrographic, physical and mechanical properties of the volcanic rocks in the Diyarbakir-Shanlıurfa (Karacadag) area were determined together with XRD, SEM, Dilatometer, DTA-TG, Heat Microscopic, analyses. According to the analyses results, basalt samples consist of plagioclase, olivine, pyroxene, and opaque minerals. According to the heat microscope measurements, the maximum temperature at which syntering occurs is 1138oC. According to the results of the tests, industrial availability of natural basalt plates was determined to be used as ceramic kiln shelf plates.

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