Study the Physical, Chemical, Mineralogical, and Geo-technical Properties of Soils Used in Pottery Industries, Kurdistan-lraq

作     者：Ezzat Findi Yahya Mohammed Ali Fayyadh 

作者机构：Soil and Water Sciences Department Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry University of Duhok Duhok City 42001 Kurdistan Iraq 

出 版 物：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(A)》 (农业科学与技术（A）)

年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第11期

页      面：843-849页

学科分类：080706[工学-化工过程机械] 070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

主　　题：Soil pottery industries clay minerals soil color cementing agents geo-technical properties. 

摘      要：The study area is located in Duhok and Sulaimania province in Kurdistan region, lraq. Study soils developed from parent material that has derived from limestone. Randomize, composed and disturbed surface soil samples were collected. The bulk soils were air dried, crushed and passed through 2 mm sieve. Standard methods were used for chemical, physical, geotechnical and mineralogical analyses of soil samples. The results indicated that the study soils texture were clay to loam clay, this texture was considered as suitable for ceramic and pottery industries as a result of increasing clay contents that ranged between 301 g/kg and 676 g/kg. Soil consistence depending on geotechnical properties increased the ability of study soils for resistance rapture and deformation. Existence the high amount of cementing agents in study soils such as organic matter, iron oxides and particularly total carbonate （247.2-308.8 g/kg） act to reduce the bad effect of the smectite minerals group （high shrinkage） in soils of study locations through increasing the resistance of these soils for rupture and deformation. The existing of Kaolinite, palygorskite and chlorite allows clay to be dried in ceramic and pottery industries without cracking from shrinkage. Study soils were different in their colors as a result of existence, different pigmentation materials that led to coloring soils with different colors in turn caused coloring of pottery and ceramic materials. Since, there are no available academic studies or researches about this subject in Kurdistan region in addition the clay pottery and ceramic sector still has a good market at the same time using this type of soils for arts, therefore, this study was conducted.