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    Processing of molten solid residues
    (Offenbach : Verlag der Deutschen Glastechnischen Gesellschaft, 2005) Bieniarz, Piotr; Höhne, Diethard; Hessenkemper, Heiko; Zawada, Anna
    An alternative way of recovery, recycling and re-integration of solid wastes on a laboratory scale is demonstrated. The analysed synthetic slags belong to the System SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-MgO-Fe2O3-K2O-Na2O. Α polynomial model has been developed by means of a computing program in order to calculate some important technological features directly from a variable oxide concentration and to determine a processable composition. Furthermore, a concept of maximum application of the residues is suggested for slags from waste incineration and other industrial processes with relative low volatile components. Rolling has been chosen as the most suitable forming technique, because recycling melts show a short forming interval and an aggressive behaviour towards refractory materials. It is possible to form plates or tiles which afterwards can additionally be shaped e.g. to create profiles or breaking points. Because of their affmity to crystallization the glassy end-products can be devitrified at the surface (into semicrystalline products, i.e. glass-ceramics) to receive a better resistance. The present results show the possibility of using well known forming and treating processes to make high value products from low-value by-products, with a considerable economical advantage.
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    Influence of redox equilibrium on the properties of glasses with a high iron concentration
    (Offenbach : Verlag der Deutschen Glastechnischen Gesellschaft, 2005) Zawada, Anna; Hessenkemper, Heiko; Höhne, Diethard; Bieniarz, Piotr
    In glasses of the System Na2O-CaO-SiO2-Fe2O3, Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions were found by Mössbauer spectroscopy. In samples melted in oxidizing atmosphere, both ions occurred in tetrahedral coordination, whereas they occurred in coordination number 6 in samples with high iron content and melted under reducing conditions. It is shown that a total iron concentration has a stronger influence on the glass properties than the redox state. Differences in the properties of glasses melted in oxidizing and reducing atmosphere, respectively, were observed at lower temperatures, while at higher temperatures they are very small (however, the tendency is still maintained). Density, microhardness, transition temperature and thermal expansion coefficient of the glasses studied are affected by the changes in redox equilibrium. One can conclude that after reducing treatment iron ions present in the glass structure play a similar role as a network modifier. At higher temperatures, this kind of activity is very weak, according to viscosity and liquidus temperature measurements.