Basalt - future technology

Author: Elizaveta Tskhakaia
Keywords: basalt, fiber, composite materials
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During of hundreds year’s mankind have extracted the mineral wealth and have created new materials based on them. Because of depletion of the conventional deposits the price of mining rapidly is increasing. Owing to this, creation of new composite materials becomes very important today, which are able to change traditional materials. From a large range of materials - one of the greatest prospects is production of high quality basalt from deposits of basalt and different composite materials based on them. High-grade Georgian basalt is very important for production of basalt fiber, because raw material doesn’t need any chemical additives. All that on the one hand, reduces the price of basalt fiber, and on the second hand, ensures ecological purity of the product. During of definite period it was known only traditional areas of using of basalt - construction and industry, but modern technological progress gives a new opportunities for use of this unique material. At present, the most prospective are basalt continuous fibers and materials based on them because they are characterized numerous of important and useful properties.

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Basalt - future technology [en]
ბაზალტი - მომავლის ტექნოლოგია [ka]