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Green Glass Foams from Wastes Designed for Thermal Insulation

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Glass foams were successfully produced from discarded glass bottles (GB) and pine scales (PS) as pore former agent in contents between 1 and 50 vol%. Samples containing glass and pine scale wastes in powder form were homogenized and uniaxially pressed (20 MPa). The obtained powder compacts were dried (room temperature/24 h and 110 ºC/24 h), fired at 850 ºC/30 min/10 ºC/min and characterized according to their chemical, structural, mechanical, and thermal properties. The results (porosities between 78 and 86% with thermal conductivities between 0.072 and 0.093 W/mK and compressive mechanical strength between 0.2 and 3.4 MPa) indicated that the obtained foams produced from low-cost starting materials have potential for being used in applications where thermal insulation and non-flammability are the main technical requirements.

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Stochero, N.P., de Souza Chami, J.O.R., Souza, M.T. et al. Green Glass Foams from Wastes Designed for Thermal Insulation. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 1609–1620 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01120-3

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