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Alternative Uses of Waste Glasses: Issues on the Fabrication of Metal Fibre Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites

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In order to investigate a potential use for recycled speciality glasses (specifically those containing hazardous elements), a processing route has been developed for the fabrication of metallic fibre mat reinforced glass matrix composites. Commercially available 3-dimensional stainless steel 316L fibre mats were used as the metal reinforcement, and a borosilicate glass which had been used previously in radiation experiments was used as the glass matrix. The fibre mats were infiltrated with a commercially available silica sol using electrophoretic deposition (EPD), and the glass matrix was laid in between infiltrated fibre mats prior to consolidation using uniaxial cold pressing. It was found that composites with sufficient integrity could be obtained from this recycled waste glass after sintering in air at 850°C for 1 h. The deposited silica remained amorphous at the processing temperature, providing a porous interface between the metallic reinforcement and the waste glass matrix. The processing issues involved in composite fabrication, namely, the EPD infiltration parameters for the silica sol, the quantity and subsequent effect of the impurities present in the waste glass, and the densification of the composite material on sintering, have been discussed.

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Trusty, P.A., Boccaccini, A.R. Alternative Uses of Waste Glasses: Issues on the Fabrication of Metal Fibre Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites. Applied Composite Materials 5, 207–222 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008858405686

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