STUDY OF PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CERAMIC COMPOSITE BASED ON WASTE OF BASALT FIBER PRODUCTION

The use of accumulated waste from the production of basalt fibers from local raw materials in the production of composite materials contributes to the rational use of natural basalt and forms an additional raw material base. In this work, waste products from the production of basalt fibers, having a fractional composition with sizes less than 0,315 mm, were used as a composite filler. Using the plastic molding method, prototypes of ceramic composites based on waste products from the production of basalt fibers were obtained. Further, by the methods of physical and technical tests, an experimental study was carried out to determine the physical and mechanical properties of the resulting composite material. The method of least squares was used to process the experimental data obtained as a result of physical and technical tests of the samples. It has been established that the strength of the ceramic composite increases with the maximum amount of waste of the basalt melt fractions less 0,315mm and high firing temperature.