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Title: Sodium sulfate from mine-effluent water as a raw material for the glass industry

Journal Article · · Glass Ceram. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00703969· OSTI ID:5722590

The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibilty of using sodium sulfate in glass production. About 20 kg of an experimental batch of sodium sulfate was obtained from the pilot-plant equipment of the Petrovskaya mine under the aegis of the Donets Coal Planning Organization. The particle size distribution of the experimental Na/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ is presented. The analysis of the samples of glass showed that the melting of the glass was identical and that the fining process of the glass occurs more rapidly with the experimental sulfate (1500 degrees C, dwell of 0.5 h) than with the Karabogazsk sulfate.

Research Organization:
Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Ukranian SSR
OSTI ID:
5722590
Journal Information:
Glass Ceram. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 42:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English