Affiliation:
1. Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 6/1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
2. Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34128 Trieste, Italy
Abstract
The production of glass foams obtained by recycling post-consumer glass and textile industry processing waste is presented. The mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties were characterized as a function of process temperature and time. The results showed that it is possible to produce glass foams with thermal and acoustic insulation properties from a mixture consisting of 96.5% of glass waste, 1% of textile waste and 2.5% of manganese dioxide, processed at temperatures between 800 and 900 °C for a time between 30 and 90 min. The samples had density in the range of 200–300 kg m−3, porosity of 87–92%, thermal conductivity of 85–105 mW m−1 K−1, noise-reducing factors of 0.15–0.40 and compressive strength of 1.2–3.0 MPa. Although their insulation performance was not as outstanding as that of polymer foams, these materials can emerge as competitive candidates for applications requiring non-flammability and high-temperature load bearing capacity in combination with low weight, mechanical strength, and thermal and acoustic insulation properties. The use of secondary raw materials (which accounted for 97.5% by weight of the synthetic blend) limits the energy required compared to that needed for the extraction, transportation and processing of primary raw materials, making these foams attractive also in terms of environmental footprint.
Subject
General Materials Science
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