Ağırnas Topraklarının Puzolanik Aktivitesi

Abstract

Although the basic binder is gypsum and lime at plaster and mortar application of building technologies around Agirnas, plaster applications with limestone binder are also found. The plaster samples were taken from the inner surfaces of wine inns sized as 1x1 m sizes and 0,8-0,9 m at which are found in underground cities of ancient civilizations the samples from these inns are slaked lime based and present hydrolytic character. It is supposed that regional volcanic soils are also added to these slaked lime plasters which were taken from several places of Agirnas. The pozzolanic activity test was done upon them according to he related Turkish Standard, TS-25. At the end of the tests, it is confirmed that all the soil samples have pozzolanic activity and the values taken from mechanical tests satisfy the minimum values which are stipulated by related standard.