@article {Alendouro2004827,
	title = {Microstructural characterization and properties of a glass and a glassceramic made from municipal incinerator bottom ash},
	journal = {Materials Science Forum},
	volume = {455-456},
	year = {2004},
	note = {<p>cited By 1</p>
},
	pages = {827-830},
	abstract = {<p>A glass was made using bottom ash produced by a Portuguese municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator. The bottom ash was the single batch material used in the formation of the glass, which was obtained through a conventional melt-quenching method. The glass was then converted to glass-ceramic for further recycling to construction materials. After submitting the glass samples to several heat treatments, between 820 and 1050{\textdegree}C and during different times, it was verified that the optimum heat treatment schedule for the ceramization of the glass was at 1000{\textdegree}C for 10h, as confirmed by microstructural observation and by X-ray diffraction. The major crystalline phases precipitated in the glass-ceramic were wollastonite (CaSiO3) and diopside (Ca(Mg,Al)(Si,Al)2O6). Microstructural analysis of the glass-ceramic revealed that the crystalline phases were present as dendrites and fiber-like structures that were homogeneously distributed in the material. The glassceramic showed good mechanical properties with a hardness of 5.6 MPa and a bending strength of 101 MPa. This material had a density of 2.8 gcm-3 and a thermal expansion coefficient of 9.10-6{\textdegree}C-1. The glass and the glass-ceramic showed an excellent chemical stability against leaching in acidic solution and in alkaline solution. In summary, both the glass and the glass-ceramic have good chemical and mechanical properties and can, therefore, be applied as construction materials.</p>
},
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	author = {Alendouro, M.S.J.G.a and Monteiro, R.C.C.a and Figueiredo, C.F.M.L.a and Martins, R.M.S.a and Silva, R.J.C.a and Ferro, M.C.b and Fernandas, M.H.V.b}
}
