Effects of the granite-forming minerals on the surface roughness in the milling processes

Abstract

Milling of granite surface is getting increasingly important in the industry. A major problem is that the effect of granite minerals on surface roughness is currently unknown. The research in this article aims to examine these effects. During the experiment, six surfaces with different cutting speeds were examined on the surface of three different granite samples. The color of the various minerals was determined by light microscopy, and a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD) were used to analyze the composition of the samples, and a confocal microscope was used to measure the surface roughness of each mineral. From the results of the investigations, we deduced different correlations between the minerals forming granite and the surface roughness. Area-based surface roughness was used in this study because it results more accurate data. From the results, we conclude that the roughness of different surface-forming minerals varies greatly. This causes a high average surface roughness value.