It has studied the solubility process of four different waste glasses (with different particle sizes, 125 µm) in alkaline solutions (NaOH and NaOH/Na₂CO₃) and water as a reference and under different conditions of solubility (at room temperature, at 80°C and a mechano-chemical process). Have established the optimal conditions of solubility and generation of sodium silicates solutions, and these were: the smaller particle size (
1 March 2015 in Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio
The purpose of this study is to investigate news activators in the preparation of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) alternative to Portland cements by reusing waste glass. Alkali-activated blast furnace slag (AAS) constitutes an alternative to Portland cement due to high energy and environmental pollution associated with industrial Portland cement. Moreover, alkali activated materials offer a series of higher properties than ordinary Portland cement (OPC), such as better strength and durability behaviour. However, the rheology of these materials has been much less intensely researched.The present study aimed to study the effect of waste glass as activator and as replacement of blast furnace slag on the rheological behaviour of AAS pastes, with a comparison between the rheological parameters and fluidity of these pastes to the same parameters in standard cements (CEM I and CEM III/B).The findings show that AAS paste behaviour of rheology when the activator was a commercial waterglass solution or NaOH/Na2CO3 with waste glass was similar, fit the Herschel-Bulkley model. The formation of primary C-S-H gel in both cases were confirmed. However, the rheological behaviour in standard cements fit the Bingham model. The use of the waste glass may be feasible from a rheological point of view in pastes can be used