Objective The aim of this project is to determine the possibility and the conditions of utilization of goethite wastes in combination with inexpensive raw materials for the production of glass and glass ceramic materials suitable for commercial exploitation. In order to accomplish the project, goethite wastes will be chemically characterized and mixed with rocks (such as tuff) and/or residues (such as marble) to reproduce the composition of basalt. The appropriate percentage of components could range, for example, between 18 to 23% of goethite waste, 63 to 73% of tuff and the rest being carbonates and nucleating and refining agents (zirconium oxide, titanium oxide and phophorous oxide). The mixture will be melted, vitrified to produce a glass and then crystallized by appropriate thermal treatments to obtain glass crystal. The thermodynamics of the process will be investigated, as well as the glassy and crystalline phases obtained. The properties of the final products will be investigated. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesthermodynamicsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programme(s) FP2-MATREC C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the fields of raw materials and recycling, 1990-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Società Italiana Vetro SpA EU contribution No data Address Zona Industriale 66050 San Salvo (Chieti) Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Spain EU contribution No data Address KM.24,Carretera de Valencia 28500 Arganda del Rey See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Bolognola 7 00138 ROMA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA Spain EU contribution No data Address Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez S/N 38204 LA LAGUNA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI - L'AQUILA Italy EU contribution No data Address Monteluco di Roio 67040 L'AQUILA See on map Total cost No data