Examination of polished marble surface by using the Atomic-Force Microscopy (AFM)

Abstract

In this study, the influence of morphology on quality of polished marble surfaces has been investigated using Atomic-Force Microscopy (AFM). For this purpose, the three dimensional images of surface morphology were obtained from the polished marble surfaces by scanning on the eight different positions for twelve different kinds of marble samples. After that, the relationship between the surface roughness and the surface morphology was examined. Consequently, it has been concluded that the occurrences of ductile flow morphology with increasing in polished surface roughness in all marble samples has been appeared to have an effect on marble surface quality. The forms of semi-spherical morphology with decreasing in the polished surface roughness have been determined in the improvement of the marble surface quality.