Abstract
Recently several innovative suggestions on how industrial wastes can be utilised in new products have been presented in
literature, e.g. as filler or additives in concrete, incorporated in ceramic materials to produce glass-ceramics and pavement
construction. In this work, metallurgical materials from secondary aluminium scrap processing and glass waste derived from
treatments of packaging and fluorescent lamps were considered for fabrication of new ceramic materials using powder technology
and sintering process.
The effect of composition and heat treatment temperature, on the sintering process and then final properties, were evaluated. The
results showed that, with the proper firing temperature, lightweight ceramic materials containing high amount of glass waste and
an innovative product resulting from the processing of secondary aluminum (ArgAlum) can be produced. The low water
absorption ( 1%), low density ( 2 g/cm3) and the good flexural strength (16-20 MPa) associated to relatively low sintering
temperatures obtained with the addition of ArgAlum can be considered as promising initial results to obtain new green building
materials.