A hazardous waste from secondary aluminium metallurgy as a new raw material for calcium aluminate glasses.
A solid waste coming from the secondary aluminium industry was successfully vitrified in the ternary CaO-Al(2)O(3)-SiO(2) system at 1500 degrees C. This waste is a complex material which is considered hazardous because of its behaviour in the presence of water or moisture. In these conditions, the dust can generate gases such as H(2), NH(3), CH(4), H(2)S, along with heat and potential aluminothermy. Only silica sand and calcium carbonate were added as external raw materials to complete the glasses formula. Different nominal compositions of glasses, with Al(2)O(3) ranging between 20% and 54%, were studied to determine the glass forming area. The glasses obtained allow the immobilisation of up to 75% of waste in a multicomponent oxide system in which all the components of the waste are incorporated. The microhardness Hv values varied between 6.05 and 6.62GPa and the linear thermal expansion coefficient, alpha, varied between (62 and 139)x10(-7)K(-1). Several glasses showed a high hydrolytic resistance in deionised water at 98 degrees C.
López-Delgado
Aurora
A
National Centre for Metallurgical Research, CENIM, CSIC, Avda, Madrid, Spain. alopezdelgado@cenim.csic.es
Tayibi
Hanan
H
Pérez
Carlos
C
Alguacil
Francisco José
FJ
López
Félix Antonio
FA
D000535:Aluminum; D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008669:Metallurgy
D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; C035219:calcium aluminate; D000535:Aluminum