Extension of the ‘Inorganic Gel Casting’ Process to the Manufacturing of Boro-Alumino-Silicate Glass Foams

A new technique for the production of glass foams, based on alkali activation and gel casting, previously applied to soda-lime glass, was successfully extended to boro-alumino-silicate glass, recovered from the recycling of pharmaceutical vials. A weak alkali activation (2.5 M NaOH or NaOH/KOH aqueo...

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Main Authors: Acacio Rincon Romero, Sergio Tamburini, Gianmarco Taveri, Jaromír Toušek, Ivo Dlouhy, Enrico Bernardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/12/2545