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Master Thesis Manufacturing of Fire Resistant Porous Ca-Silicate Ceramics(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Oğur, Ezgi; Ahmetoğlu, Çekdar Vakıf; Adem, UmutCalcium silicate hydrates are a group of materials belonging to the calcium silicate family. Calcium silicate hydrates are crucial materials in the building industry, especially for thermal insulation and fire-resistant applications. Tobermorite and xonotlite, calcium silicate hydrates, are the most popular materials in the literature due to their structural properties. These material are synthesized by hydrothermal processes. In some publications, several pre-treatments are applied to the starting materials before hydrothermal synthesis. In this thesis, the effects of these processes on different starting materials and how does changing the parameters affect the process are examined. Besides, the main objective of the thesis is to produce the xonotlite phase using recycling materials as economically as possible. Calcium silicate hydrates powders containing approximately 61 wt. % xonotlite was produced with using lime and recycled glass by hydrothermal synthesis method. The obtained product has a mainly fibrous morphology due to the main phase is xonotlite. According to phase analysis, tobermorite, scawtite, and the trace of calcite phases are also present in the general structure. The thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated that approximately 20% loss is observed up to 800˚C (at about that temperature transformation of the xonotlite to the wollastonite phase is occur.). The mass change remained constant between 800˚C and 1200˚C. Calcium silicate powder (obtained by thermal treatments from CSH) was also thermally analyzed and consequently remained stable up to 1200˚C, (the loss was approximately <1%).Master Thesis Production and Characterization of Porous Ceramics for Aircraft Arresting Systems(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Çapraz, Furkan; Ahmetoğlu, Çekdar Vakıf; Adem, UmutDespite developments in aviation, accidents still occur and lead to loss of lives. Technical or environmental factors may cause overrun accidents. In the case of aircraft that fail to stop along the runway distance during take-off or landing, such accidents are called overrun. Aircraft stopping systems (AAS) are passive safety systems used to prevent to take damage of passengers and aircraft during overrun. In the literature, foamed concrete was generally used as the AAS material. However, some studies have also been carried out on other materials that may be used as the AAS material. In present thesis, the aim was to produce porous calcium silicates instead of foamed concrete in AAS. The slip casting method was used to produce porous calcium silicate monoliths. The main components used in the manufacturing of porous wollastonite were xonotlite (as a matrix material), polymethyl methacrylate (as a sacrificial pore former, PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (as a binder, PVA), Dolapix CE 64 (as a dispersing agent) and distilled water. Three different xonotlite ratios (8, 9 and 10% by volume) have been studied with four different xonotlite/ PMMA ratios (1, 0.82, 0.54 and 0.33 by volume). Also, specimens without PMMA were produced for each xonotlite ratio. The suspensions were stirred for 3 h at 750 rpm and then casted into the gypsum mold. The samples which were dried at room temperature (RT) were heat treated at 1000 oC. After production step microstructural, structural and mechanical analysis o the porous calcium silicates were carried out. Cold Crushing Strength (CCS) tests were performed out for determining mechanical properties. CCS values of the porous monolith parts ranged between 1376 kPa and 53.2 kPa depending on xonotlite/ PMMA ratios. In addition, the porosity values ranged from 93.38 to 87.82%. The resuts showed that some of these porous calcium silicate monoliths are suitable to use instead of foamed concrete as the AAS material.