Influence of Microstructural Effect on Microvickers Hardness Properties of SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) Waste Based Glass-ceramic

There are a lot of waste materials consist of silicate based such as coal combustion ash, slag from steel production, fly ash, mud, as well as glass cullet or mixtures to produce glass-ceramics. This research work using clam shell (CS) ash and soda-lime-silica (SLS) waste glass powder for fabricating novel SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) glass-ceramic. The samples were composed of SLS (50%), Na2CO3 (30%), and CS (20%) in weight percentage via conventional melt-quenching technique and solid-state sintering technique. The samples were investigated via X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field emission microscope (FESEM), and microvickers hardness tester. The samples were sintered at 550-950 °C to investigate the influence of microstructural effect on microvickers hardness properties at applied force 0.5 and 1.0 kgf. The optimal Vickers hardness properties at sintering temperature 850 °C due to high crystallization of SiO2 phase from the residual glass and CaO content enhanced the viscosity flow, high compactness of particles arrangement and densification of sample

Influence of Microstructural Effect on Microvickers Hardness Propertiesof SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) Waste Based Glass-ceramic

There are a lot of waste materials consist of silicate based such as coal combustion ash, slag from steel production, fly ash, mud, as well as glass cullet or mixtures to produce glass-ceramics. This research work using clam shell (CS) ash and soda-lime-silica (SLS) waste glass powder for fabricating novel SiO2-Na2O-CaO (SNC) glass-ceramic. The samples were composed of SLS (50%), Na2CO3 (30%), and CS (20%) in weight percentage via conventional melt-quenching technique and solid-state sintering technique. The samples were investigated via X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field emission microscope (FESEM), and microvickers hardness tester. The samples were sintered at 550-950 °C to investigate the influence of microstructural effect on microvickers hardness properties at applied force 0.5 and 1.0 kgf. The optimal Vickers hardness properties at sintering temperature 850 °C due to high crystallization of SiO2 phase from the residual glass and CaO content enhanced the viscosity flow, high compactness of particles arrangement and densification of sample