Thermal decomposition of asbestos and recycling in traditional ceramics

By A. Gualtieri, A. Tartaglia. 2000

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Abstract Given the known carcinogenic effects, its wide occupational exposures and widespread use in the past, asbestos is considered a general health hazard and a priority treatment for pollution prevention. In this context, asbestos can be entirely transformed to a mixture of non hazardous silicate phases throughout a thermal treatment at 1000–1250°C and to a silicate glass at T >1250°C. These products may be recycled for the production of traditional ceramics. In this paper we describe the recycle of thermally treated asbestos containing materials as a raw material for glass ceramics and traditional ceramics. A significant improvement of the technological properties of porcelainised stoneware, obtained by high sintering of unglazed ceramic bodies, is accomplished by the addition of 5 wt% of an asbestos-based glass ceramic.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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