Porous Glass Microspheres from Alkali-Activated Fiber Glass Waste.
Mokhtar MahmoudJozef KraxnerHana KaňkováMiroslava HujováSi ChenDusan GalusekEnrico BernardoPublished in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Fiber glass waste (FGW) was subjected to alkali activation in an aqueous solution with different concentrations of sodium/potassium hydroxide. The activated materials were fed into a methane-oxygen flame with a temperature of around 1600 °C. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of several hydrated compounds, which decomposed upon flame synthesis, leading to porous glass microspheres (PGMs). Pore formation was favored by using highly concentrated activating alkali solutions. The highest homogeneity and yield of PGMs corresponded to the activation with 9 M KOH aqueous solution.
Keyphrases
- aqueous solution
- heavy metals
- high resolution
- signaling pathway
- gas chromatography
- molecularly imprinted
- municipal solid waste
- sewage sludge
- metal organic framework
- computed tomography
- risk assessment
- magnetic resonance
- electron microscopy
- life cycle
- gold nanoparticles
- reduced graphene oxide
- dual energy
- tandem mass spectrometry