{"title":"A comprehensive study on tunable structural, optical and mechanical properties of recycled windscreen glasses","authors":"Santosh Kumar , K. Singh , Devender Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.123304","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Waste front windscreen glasses of cars are recycled to study their feasibility for reuse in automobiles. The waste glasses are remelted at 1550<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mo>∘</mo></mrow></msup></math></span> C using 1 mol% of B<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>O<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, NaCl, KCl, and P<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>O<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>5</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> as additives. The remelted glasses are characterised and tested using the Fourier transform infrared, Raman spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and Vicker’s microhardness tester, respectively. The addition of additives modified the glasses by changing the silicate structural units. These modifications lead to an increase in density and a decrease in molar volume compared to the glass without the above additives, recycled glass (RB7). The optical band gap of all the recycled glass falls within the insulating range of 3.43-3.54 eV, with a hardness range of 4.29-5.74 GPa. The P<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>O<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>5</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> contained recycled glasses that exhibited similar properties to those observed for pristine windscreen glasses. This approach finds a way to reuse windscreen glasses for automobiles with a decreased carbon footprint.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16461,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Non-crystalline Solids","volume":"648 ","pages":"Article 123304"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Non-crystalline Solids","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022309324004800","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Waste front windscreen glasses of cars are recycled to study their feasibility for reuse in automobiles. The waste glasses are remelted at 1550 C using 1 mol% of BO, NaCl, KCl, and PO as additives. The remelted glasses are characterised and tested using the Fourier transform infrared, Raman spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and Vicker’s microhardness tester, respectively. The addition of additives modified the glasses by changing the silicate structural units. These modifications lead to an increase in density and a decrease in molar volume compared to the glass without the above additives, recycled glass (RB7). The optical band gap of all the recycled glass falls within the insulating range of 3.43-3.54 eV, with a hardness range of 4.29-5.74 GPa. The PO contained recycled glasses that exhibited similar properties to those observed for pristine windscreen glasses. This approach finds a way to reuse windscreen glasses for automobiles with a decreased carbon footprint.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids publishes review articles, research papers, and Letters to the Editor on amorphous and glassy materials, including inorganic, organic, polymeric, hybrid and metallic systems. Papers on partially glassy materials, such as glass-ceramics and glass-matrix composites, and papers involving the liquid state are also included in so far as the properties of the liquid are relevant for the formation of the solid.
In all cases the papers must demonstrate both novelty and importance to the field, by way of significant advances in understanding or application of non-crystalline solids; in the case of Letters, a compelling case must also be made for expedited handling.