Mustafa Yavuz Celik

Afyon Kocatepe University | AKU · Department of Marble Technology

Three types of carbonate building stones from Turkey were selected for testing their physical and mechanical properties after freeze-thaw cycles with salt solutions. In this study, two types of basic experimental studies were conducted. First, material characterization was performed. For this purpose, chemical (XRF) and mineralogical-petrographic (...

Referred to as Docimium marble, Docimian marble, Synnadic marble, or Phrygium marble, the white marble quarried at Dokimeion (İscehisar-Afyon, in central Phrygia, Asia Minor) extracted by the Romans for its fine-grained white quality and it was used extensively for sculpture and sarcophagi in ancient times. In this study, Docimian white marble, whi...

Water, which is an important factor considering the decay of building stones, dissolves salts and causes them to move into the pores in stones. Salts are the most important deterioration agents for stones. Three low-porous limestones (beige-cream marble) were examined in this research. The selected limestone samples are characterized by mineralogic...

The present study included the effect of four salt types and their four different concentrations on the pore size distribution of Döğer tuff which was subjected to salt crystallization tests. For this purpose, laboratory studies were carried out in three stages. First, the main technical values and parameters were studied such as mineralogical–petr...

Marble and volcanic rocks are a widespread aggregate resource and are increasingly being used in concrete constructions worldwide. This paper presents a study's results to compare the properties of concretes prepared with marble, andesite, and basalt used as aggregates. Three aggregate types were supplied locally from three different areas in Turke...

Marble is one of the most important building materials of antiquity. Especially during the Roman Empire, the use of marble increased. In the Roman period, many marble quarries were opened due to the need for quality marble in important monumental buildings. One of these quarries is Docimium (Iscehisar-Afyonkarahisar) marble quarry. Fine-grained Whi...

The travertine is used in the construction industry for ornamental purposes such as exterior and interior cladding and floor tiles. Travertine, which is a carbonate-stone, deteriorations over time like other porous building stones. Salt crystallization is one of the main reasons for the degradation of building stones. Therefore, examples of three t...

Water absorption and salt crystallization are among the most common and critical problems when it comes to deterioration of both cultural heritages and modern buildings. The Döğer tuff has been used to build temples and monuments in Afyonkarahisar region (Turkey) since ancient times. The present paper aimed to point out the water absorption with sa...

Natural stones are exposed to long-term atmospheric effects in accordance with the area that they are used in. They are affected not only by salt crystallization, freezing-thawing, and heat effect, but also by the emissions into the atmosphere (air pollution, several gases, and vapour). These effects may cause negative changes on both physico-mecha...

The aim of this study is to assess pore size distribution changes of the İscehisar (Turkey) andesite in relation to the six artificial accelerated ageing factors such as salt crystallization, freezing–thawing, thermal shock, SO2 action in the presence of humidity, water vapour transmission, and capillary water absorption. The andesite has a bimodal...

Volcanic tuff is widely used in Anatolian architecture and represents building stones of cultural heritage. The present study included a relevant assessment of the effect of four salt types and their four different concentrations on the durability of the Döğer tuff used as building stones of cultural heritages, which is subjected to salt crystalliz...

In ancient times, many monuments and buildings were built using marble. Especially, the use of marble increased in the Roman Empire period. Important public buildings required the best marble, and generally, high-quality stones were used in imperial building projects. For this purpose, many marble quarries were opened in the empire land, and the ol...

The processes of deterioration related to the interaction of the petrographic, physical, and mechanical characteristics of the rocks with physical and chemical actions of water are important. The aim of the article was to study the deterioration of andesite by accelerated weathering tests. For this purpose, laboratory studies were carried out in tw...

Natural building stones are exposed to environmental impacts as well as atmospheric effects for many years. The various gases forming the air pollution affect the natural stones as atmospheric pollution. Due to these effects, negative changes occur in physical and mechanical properties as well as surface color changes. In this study, the changes of...

Natural stones are exposed to long-term atmospheric effects according to their location. In addition to effects such as salt crystallization, freezing-thawing and temperature, air pollution, various gases and vapours also affect natural stones as atmospheric impurities. These effects cause negative changes in both the physico-mechanical properties...

In this study, the changes in water vapour transmission properties as a result of coating of Doger tuffs produced in Afyonkarahisar with water repellent chemicals were investigated. Firstly, mineralogical - petrographic (polarizing microscope, XRD), chemical analysis (XRF), pore diameter distribution and some physico - mechanical properties of the...

Salt crystallization is a form of weathering caused by water entering into building stones such as freeze-thaw and wetting-drying. Salt crystallization experiments were performed by using sodium sulphate decahydrate (Na2SO4 10H2O) and sodium chloride (NaCl) salts in the andesite and Döğer tuff used as building stones in Afyonkarahisar region. The a...

Decay processes are associated with atmospheric and environmental impacts, as well as the interaction of components such as pollution and human interventions. The disturbances that have occurred, negatively affect the structural, physical and mechanical properties of natural stones. One of the main reasons for the deterioration of historical buildi...

It is seen that most of the historical buildings that have survived until today are made of natural stones. One of these natural stones is andesite. Although Iscehisar andesite is not as well known as Iscehisar marble, it is a volcanic rock widely used in cultural heritage such as mosques, fountains and bridges in Afyonkarahisar since Seljuk and Ot...

The amount of deterioration in natural stones varies according to variable parameters such as the type and quantity of various gases and compounds in the atmosphere, as well as non-variable factors such as the surface area, volume and shape of historical structures. In this study, the effects of sulfurous gases (SO2) on andesite in the air were inv...

Doğal taşlarda ıslanma-kuruma, donma-çözülme ve tuz kristallenmesine bağlı ayrışmanın önemli faktörlerinden birisi sudur. Su, değişik yollarla doğal yapı taşları bünyesine nüfuz etmektedir. Absorbsiyonun yanı sıra kılcal su emme mekanizması bu ayrışmalarda büyük önem taşımaktadır. Kılcal su emme miktarı, doğal yapı taşlarının gözeneklilik boyut dağ...

ABSTRACT In this research, a series of characterization studies were carried out on Ayazini and Seydiler tuffs which are used as building stones around Afyonkarahisar. Petrographic-mineralogical (polarizing microscope, XRD), chemical analysis, porosity distribution and physico-mechanical properties of the mentioned rocks have been determined. Water...

Water is one of the important factors of deterioration due to wetting-drying, freezing-thawing and salt crystallization in natural stones. Water enters into natural building stones in different ways. In addition to water absorption, the capillary water absorption mechanism is of great importance in these deteriorations. The amount of capillary wate...

In this research, a series of characterization studies were carried out on Ayazini and Seydiler tuffs which are used as building stones around Afyonkarahisar. Petrographic-mineralogical (polarizing microscope, XRD), chemical analysis, porosity distribution and physico-mechanical properties of the mentioned rocks have been determined. Water is an im...

z Doğal yapı taşlarını etkileyen atmosfer kaynaklı etkenlerin en önemlilerinden birisi sudur. Doğal taşlar içindeki çatlak ve boşluklarda hareket eden su, soğuk iklimlerde donma-çözülme yoluyla fiziksel ayrışmaya neden olmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, İscehisar (Afyonkarahisar) yöresinde çıkarılan ve yapı taşı olarak kullanılan andezitlerde, donma-çözülme...

One of the main factors which cause the decaying of the structures is the existent water in natural stones which are used in constructions. After the effect of water damage, the most decomposition occurs by salt crystallization. Soluble salts are transported to the capillary cavities along with water and crystallize. In situations where salt crysta...

Salda Gölü, Türkiye'nin Göller bölgesinde yer alan, Burdur'un Yeşilova ilçesine yaklaşık 5 km uzaklıkta bulunan aşınmaya karşı dirençsiz, kolay eriyebilen kayalardan oluşan formasyona sahip bir göldür. Salda Gölü formasyonunun, yaklaşık 5 milyon yıl önce Geç Miyosen ile Erken Pliyosen arasında başlayan ve halen aktif olan bir ani çökelme sistemi iç...

Andezit günümüzde yaygın olarak kullanılan bir yapı taşıdır. Yapı taşları kullanıldığı yerlerde yoğun bir şekilde atmosferik etkilere maruz kalmaktadır. İklim şartlarına göre sıcaklık değerlerindeki farklılıkları simule etmek amacıyla laboratuvarlarda yapı taşları için termal şok deneyleri yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada yapı taşı olarak kullanılan İsc...

Doğaltaşlar günümüzde çok farklı sektörlerde kullanım olanağı bulmaktadır. Başlıca kullanım alanlarını zemin ve cephe kaplamaları oluşturmaktadır. Bunun yanında dekorasyon, mezarcılık, park bahçeler ve heykelcilik alanlarında da sıklıkla kullanım imkanı bulabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada insanların sıklıkla kullandıkları zeminlere döşenen 6 çeşit silis...

Doğal yapı taşları, farklı iklim şartlarına göre ıslanma-kuruma, su emme, tuz kristalleşmesi ve donma-çözülme gibi olaylardan etkilenmektedir. Bu şartlara göre de az veya çok ayrışmaktadır. Bu ayrışmaları benzetmek amacıyla laboratuvarlarda yaşlandırma deneyleri yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada ilk aşamada karakterizasyon deneyleri (kimyasal, mineraloji...

Volcanic rocks cropping out in the north-northeast of Afyonkarahisar (Turkey) are extensively used as building stones for the construction of historical buildings with structural and architectonic purposes. Three building stones, including two tuffs and an andesite, were examined in the current research. The scope of this article was to study the d...

ÖZ Bu çalışmada Afyonkarahisar yöresinde üretilen İscehisar andezitlerinde tuzların yıkıcı etkileri sonucu oluşan bazı fiziksel ve mekanik değişiklikler incelenmiştir. Bu amaçla çalışma kapsamında andezitlerin petrografik-mineralojik (polarizan mikroskop, XRD), kimyasal analiz, gözenek çapı dağılımı ve fiziko-mekanik özellikleri belirlenmiştir. İki...

In this research, some physical and mechanical changes in İscehisar andesites produced in Afyonkarahisar region were investigated because of destructive effects of salts. For this purpose, petrographic-mineralogical (polarizing microscope, XRD), chemical analysis, pore diameter distribution and physico-mechanical properties of andesites were determ...

Özetçe - Çevre bilincinin ön plana çıktığı günümüzde, mermer atıklarının çevreye gelişi güzel atılması ve bu atık sahalarının gün geçtikçe büyümesi toplumu ve çevreyi olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Bu olumsuzluğun giderilmesi için atıkların uygun bir şekilde bertaraf edilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada; mermer parça atıkların ekonomiye kazandırılma...

Özetçe - Hoya formasyonu yaklaşık 55 milyon yıl önce Orta – Geç Eosen dönemde çökelmiştir. Bu formasyonda altere olmuş kireçtaşlarının yanında yer yer 25 m kalınlığında altere olmuş dolomitik kireçtaşları da bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Hoya formasyonundaki değişik yerlerden alınan dolomitik kireçtaşı numunelerinin endüstriyel alanda kullanılabilirl...

Özetçe — Andezitler binalarda, yaya yolları, park ve bahçe düzenlemelerinde parke taşı, döşeme taşı, kaplama taşı olarak kullanılan volkanik kayaçlardır. Andezitlerin boşluklarında taşınan tuzlar, buharlaşma nedeniyle boşluklarda ve yüzeylerde birikmeye başlar. Tuz kristallerinin oluşumu sırasında hacmindeki artış nedeniyle boşluk basıncı artar ve...

In this study, it was investigated that the usability of multi criteria decision making methods to solve the occupational safety and health based problems. For this purpose, block excavation process in a marble quarry was observed and probable accidents and their effects were determined. Risk analysis of the quarry was done according to Fine-Kinney...

One of the main factors that causes weathering of the natural building stones is the presence of water. Capillary water is responsible for allowing the water to enter in the building stones. This absorption mechanism depends mainly on the pore dimension and the geometry of the porosity system. In this research, a series of characterization studies...

The tuffs have been used as a building material for hundreds of years. The physical and mechanical properties of tuffs are affected by the amount of pore and its geometry. The pore characteristics of the building natural stone of Seydiler and Ayazini (Afyonkarahisar-Turkey) tuffs were investigated in this article. For determination of the mineralog...

Density, porosity, absorption water, ultrasonic pulse velocity, uniaxial compressive strength, flexural strength is important properties of rocks which are used as building stones. In this study, the physico-mechanical properties of four volcanic tuff rock types were determined in the laboratory and correlated with P-wave velocity. Test results wer...

The Turkish travertine is widely used in the domestic and foreign construction industry as slabs and tiles. In this study, the travertine samples were obtained from four different quarries located in the part of southwestern Turkey. Mineralogical and petrographic properties of the travertine rocks were studied using a polarizing optical microscope...

Z Mermer ocaklarında, elmas tel kesme ve zincirli kollu kesme makineleri, blok üretiminde değişik yöntemlerle kullanılmaktadır. İnceleme yapılan ocakta temel olarak üç farklı üretim şekli uygulanmaktadır. Birincisi Yöntem A olarak adlandırılmış olup standart elmas tel kesme yöntemidir. Bu yöntemde alt, yan ve arka kesimlerin tamamı birbirine dik aç...

In this study, trachyte rocks from Kınık region of Dinar, Afyonkarahisar have been investigated for evaluation of the K-feldspar potential. Polarizing microscopy analysis from thin sections, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and chemical analysis are performed with taken rock samples. As a result of these analyses, a large amount of phenocrysts sani...

The presence of water in building stones is one of the main factors in deterioration. Capillary rise is the most usual mechanism of water penetration into building materials. In this study, the kinetics of the capillary rise phenomenon was studied for three porous building stones: two tuff stones and andesite. For each of the examined natural stone...

Moisture content is one of the most important factors influencing the strength of building stones. Ayazini and Seydiler (Afyonkarahisar, Turkey) tuffs were investigated with the goal to determine the influence of the water on their strength. Mercury porosimetry was used to determine the pore-size distribution. Ayazini tuffs have pore sizes ranging...

In this paper, the influence of abrasive head rotation on surface quality was investigated under the process of marble polishing. For this purpose, five different samples known as Bursa Emprador, Seyitgazi Seashell, Muǧla White, Bucak Travertine Crema Bella were tested by using automatic narrow belt polish machine with 2+4 heads. The polishing expe...

Tuffs have been used as a construction material possibly since ancient times. In Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, there are numerous buildings constructed by tuff. Tuff has been a local construction material, during the Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. Even though tuffs have relatively low durability and low strength values compared to marble, etc., they...

The most important properties identifying the amount of hardness concept in natural stones are mineral composition, grain size and texture. In order to specify the Knoop hardness, ten different types of marbles were used consisting of carbonate composed metamorphic and sedimentary based. With the examination of these marble specimens under the micr...

Travertine is limestone that forms where hot ground waters, rich in calcium and bicarbonate, emerge at springs. The Denizli basin is an important region in the sense of travertine formation both in Turkey and the world. Diamond wire cutting method is used widely in the travertine quarries. In this study, cutting performance analysis has been done o...

Turkey, due to its location in the Alpine-Himalayan belt, has numerous marble deposits. More than 250 marble types with different colours and patterns have been produced from these deposits and one hundred of these are well known around the world. One such well-known marble type is Afyon-Iscehisar. Afyon-Iscehisar is Palaeozoic in age and has been...

In this study, the three marble-powder samples taken from a marble disposal site have been evaluated as filler in paper production. A series of standard tests were used on the samples. The results show that all the samples can be used as filler pigment; however, the gray colour which identifies the whiteness and CaCO3 assay in the second sample are...

In this working, in Tunçbilek coal processing plant which is organic extraction purityless of characterization was done with supporting geological discovery withusing instrumentals analysis techniques. Investigate of microscopes analysises of mineralogical, analysises of thermal (DTA-TG), chemical analysises, carbon- sulphur and ash analysises and...

The natural stone products such as marble, travertine, granite, andesite, basalt and tuff have often used in buildings. They have been used successfully in both interior and exterior works in flooring, veneering, landscaping and walkway laying. The natural stone products can be used as sawed, polished, unpolished, honed and roughened by special tre...

Turkey, located in the Alpine–Himalayan Orogenic Belt, is of great interest because of its abundant geothermal resources. In particular, the Ömer–Gecek region of Afyon is one of the important geothermal fields in Turkey exhibiting high geothermal potential. The stratigraphic sequence, from bottom to top, comprises schist and marbles called 'Afyon m...

ZET Tras olarak bilinen tüfler portland kompoze çimento imalatında katkı maddesi olarak kullanılırlar. Bu çalışmada Ayazini (Afyon) civarında yüzeylenmiş olan tüflerin çimento sanayiinde tras olarak kullanılabilirliği araştırılmıştır. Ayazini türlerinin kimyasal, mineralojik, fiziksel ve mekanik özellikleri belirlenmiş, TS 25 (Tras) standartlanna u...

There has been a considerable increase in the amount of marble wastes as a result of development in the marble industry. This study examines the possibility of using marble wastes of marbles quarries and factories in Iscehisar (Afyon) region as animal feed. After determining distribution of particle dimensions, chemical analyses and characteristics...

Turkey located in the Alpine-Himalian Orogenic Belt is one of the countries in the world with abundant geothermal resources. The natural, clean, cheap, reliable and renewable nature of geothermal energy is considered to be an alternative future energy resource. Afyon, is one of the important geothermal fields, suffers from high risk of air pollutio...

ÖZET: Mermerlerin tane boyutu dayanim, kullanim yeri, parlaklik ve cila alma özelliklerine direkt olarak etki etmektedir. Mermerlerde tane boyutu küçüldükçe fiziksel ve mekanik özelliklerin iyileşmesine paralel olarak ekonomik değeri de artmaktadir. Mermerler tane boyutuna göre çok ince, ince, orta ve iri taneli olarak siniflandirilmaktadir. Son yi...

Marble and Stone Quarry are found to effect from the negative of view on the environmental part such as plant cover, air, underground water etc. Stones are extracted to different purpose and to be used variable industry on the Quarry. Functions of operation are included marble production and stripping on marble quarry. At end of these operations is...

Turkey located in the Alpine-Himalian Orogenic Belt is one of the countries in the world with abundant geothermal resources. The natural, clean, cheap, reliable and renewable nature of geothermal energy is considered to be an alternative future energy resource. Afyon, is one of the important geothermal fields, suffers from high risk of air pollutio...

The natural stone products such as marble, travertine, granite, andésite, basalt and tuff have often used in buildings. They have been used successfully in both interior and exterior works in flooring, veneering, landscaping and walkway laying. The natural stone products can be used as sawed, polished, unpolished, honed and roughened by special tre...

There has been a considerable increase in the amount of marble wastes as a result of development in the marble industry. This study examines the possibility of using marble wastes of marbles quarries and factories in iscehisar (Afyon) region as animal feed. After determining distribution of particle dimensions, chemical analyses and characteristics...

ZET: Günümüzde değişik amaçlar için çok sayıda doğal taş ve mermer türü kullanılmaktadır. Giderek artan doğal taş ve mermer kullanımında, yeterli pazarı bulabilmek için standardizasyona uymanın yanı sıra ürün çeşitliliğini arttırmak da gerekmektedir. Bu amaçla mermer ve doğal taşlar için, bilinen en yaygın kullanım şekli olan cilalı yüzeylerin dışı...

ZET : İnşaat sektöründe doğal taşların kullanımındaki artışa paralel olarak çeşitli doğal taşlar mermer sektöründe yer almaya başlamıştır. Afyon'un yaklaşık 45 km batısında Elvanpaşa köyü güneyinde ve Afyon K 24 a4 paftasında yer alan trakiandezitler yaklaşık 30 km 2 yayılım sunarlar. Bu çalışmada Afyon civarında çok geniş alanlarda yüzeylenmiş ola...