Light Reflectance Characterization of Waste Glass Coating for Tiles

Glass wastes that come from recycling plants do not often find a proper use, thus, they are discarded. In order to find future uses for these wastes, this paper explores the characterization of waste glasses (WGs) as a raw material through the assessment of their light reflectance if they were used...

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Autores: Mourou, C., Martín Morales, María, Zamorano Toro, Montserrat, Ruiz Padillo, Diego Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE)
Repositorio:RIARTE
OAI Identifier:oai:www.riarte.es:20.500.12251/2829
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/2829
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Residuos - Construcción
Vidrio
Reciclaje - Construcción
Revestimientos - Construcción
Material sostenible
Ensayos (propiedades o materiales)
3312.06 Vidrio
3308.02 Residuos Industriales
3308.07 Eliminación de Residuos
3312.12 Ensayo de Materiales
3313.04 Material de Construcción
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Sumario:Glass wastes that come from recycling plants do not often find a proper use, thus, they are discarded. In order to find future uses for these wastes, this paper explores the characterization of waste glasses (WGs) as a raw material through the assessment of their light reflectance if they were used for external coatings in building materials. To this aim, in this research, several clay‐tile specimens were fabricated and coated with three different compositions of waste glass. For these specimens, three variables were analyzed to serve for this WG‐based coating characterization: thickness of WG coating, temperature, and holding time of burning. The resulting WG‐coated tiles were assessed in terms of the light spectral reflectance and whiteness index, with the help of a fiber optic spectrometer. Results show that the composition of WG had a very significant influence on the light spectral reflectance and the degree of whiteness, with holding time and WG thickness being the most influential depending on the WG type. The temperature of burning was also shown to be critical for the densification process. Finally, an interpretation of these results based on the WG chemical composition coatings obtained by XRF is discussed in this paper. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.