Gürcan, Sevgi Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , Öztürk, Esra Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey

The Effects of Different Abrasives on Some Limestone Polishing Process

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In this study, polishing properties of limestone were investigated to determine the effects of different abrasive. To achieve this goal, three different limestone samples commercially available in the market were studied from different area of Turkey. Using a laboratory-scale polishing machine, polishing experiments were applied under constant band speed, abrasive head pressure and abrasive head rotation for samples having 30x30x2cm dimension. Roughness and brightness measurements were carried out on pre-determined surfaces of the marble samples. Besides, particle sizes of abrasives were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. Polishing experiments showed that, with a few exceptions, brightness increases with decreasing roughness. It was also concluded that the particle sizes of abrasive present in the different abrasives, as well as their shape, greatly affected brightness and roughness properties of the tested limestone varieties.

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Limestone , Roughness , Glossness

Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Science an‎d Engineering

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