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PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND USES OF KARACAÖREN AREA (NEVŞEHİR) DIATOMITE
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Volume 152 / 2016Authors:
Ayşegül YILDIZ, Ali GÜREL, Yusuf Gökhan DURSUNKeywords:
Uses Of Diatomite, Physicochemical Properties, Late Miocene-Pliocene, Karacaören, QuaternaryAbstract:
In this study, physicochemical properties and uses of diatomites which are formed due to Central Anatolia volcanism and outcropping in Karacaören (Ürgüp country, Nevşehir) area were investigated. Two stratigraphic sections were measured in the investigated area, one of these sections was measured in the Quaternary lake units (K1), and the other section was measured in the lacustrine sediments of late Miocene-Pliocene Ürgüp Formation’s Bayramhacılı Member (K2). The specify to physicochemical properties and uses of study area’s diatomite, loss on ignition (1050 ° C), XRD, amount of acid and water-insoluble matter, thermal conductivity (in the range of 101; 150 ° C and ± 10 ° C), XRF, pH, total porosity, specific gravity, specific surface area, pore volume, pore size, whiteness, particle size and SEM analysis were carried out at the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Laboratories on the samples collected from the area. The evaluation of the analyses results showed that, the subject diatomites have commercial value and it can be used directly in percolator, as a filler and structuring agents and in the manufacture of silicate. In addition, it can be used as mild abrasive and cleaner, in the manifacture of isolution material after processing
