Author/Authors :
YILDIZ, Ahmet Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , BAĞCI, Metin Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , DUMLUPUNAR, İbrahim , BAŞARAN, Can
Title Of Article :
The Province of Afyon Ceramic Industry Raw Materials Potential
Abstract :
Afyonkarahisar is located in geographical position, where connects Central Anatolia and Aegean Regions. Schists of Afyon metasedimentary group, Mesozoic ophiolitic rocks, and Cenozoic volcanic and the different levels of sedimentary rocks hosted various characteristics of ceramic raw materials. Due to its proximity to the most important areas of Turkey’s ceramics industry such as Uşak, Kütahya, Bilecik, İstanbul, Eskişehir, İzmir and recent developments in ceramic production technology, part of these deposits are being operating and production plannings related to an important part of these deposits are done. The aim of this study is to determine geological, mineralogical, geochemical, and physical properties of raw materials in Afyonkarahisar. This study is very important for the investigation of raw material properties and to guide the ceramic industry. The raw materials in the region were divided into two groups as actively operated and non operated deposites. While clay deposits in Akharım and Alanyurt and potasyum feldspar deposit in Kınık are intensively operated, Taşoluk kaolin, Emirdağ talc and Taşoluk quartz occurrences have high potantial of operating. Since Afyonkarahisar can be an important supplier region to the ceramic industry, the geological properties of active and nonoperating deposites must be explored in detail.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Afyonkarahisar , Ceramic Industry , Raw Material , Clay , Feldspar , Kuvars
JournalTitle :
Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Science and Engineering
