The project The development of valuable new products (‘up-cycling’) is fundamental for avoiding any landfilling of the glass fractions (‘waste glasses’) which are normally unemployed, e.g. due to polymer and metal contaminations [1]. The balance between inputs and outputs of supplementary materials, energy and emissions, however, remains challenging. This projects aims at defining new structural…
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On 5 November 2024 the latest research results of the GLASS_Trea.S.U.Res project were presented at Ecomondo (Rimini, Italy); the international reference event in Europe and the Mediterranean basin for technologies , services and industrial solutions in the green and circular economy sectors. Ms Giulia Tameni and Mr Emanuele De…
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Fig.1 Alkali activated and sintered glass waste composites. NEG LCD glass, widely used in the production of liquid crystal displays, has been used as a matrix for the production of decorative composite materials. Coarse flakes of soda lime-glass and artistic glass were added to the fine LCD powder activated with a 2.5M KOH solution. After…
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First Glass.Trea.S.U.Res project mid-term meeting at the Department of Engineering ‘Enzo Ferrari’ of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. On July 5th, the first mid-term meeting of the Glass_Trea.S.U.Res project was held in the beautiful city of Modena with the participation of all the research groups…
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a. b. c. Figure a. Opal glass with coarse LCD loading dried at 40°C for 7 days. Figure b. LCD glass activated with KOH after curing at 40°C for 7 days and firing at 900°C. Figure c. LCD glass foam activated with NaOH after curing and firing at 900°C. The LCD glass waste was ground…
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Activated pharmaceutical glass waste after MW treatment. Microwave treatment allows to reduce the curing time of activated glass waste. In literature Microwaves have been used to harden metakaolin-based geopolimers but never for curing weak alkali activated glass powders. It is generally agreed that MW heating is more efficient, prevents the formation of temperature gradients through volumetric…
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