Production of abrasive materials recycled from glass cullet and snail shell

Abstract

Two different waste materials from industrial products and pisciculture were used in this research work as raw materials for producing abrasives. Utilizing the resources that are currently accessible on the planet, and employing waste materials will lower the cost of producing abrasive materials while saving the environment from further contamination. Industrial wastes like glass cullet (GC), and piscicultural wastes like Pila globosa snail shell (SS) are utilized in the current research work. The raw materials are joined together by using a binder and applying compressive pressure. Abrasive composite samples were produced as follows: using only glass cullet particles (GC composite), using both glass cullet and snail shell particles (GC-SS composite), and using only snail shell particles (SS composite). The composites were constructed using 14% epoxy resin with hardener. The hardness, compressive strength, surface roughness, thermal conductivity, density, and water absorption tests were used to analyze the fabricated samples. GC composite is less water resistant than the SS composite. GC composite has the lowest density compared to SS composite. The heat conductivity and surface roughness increase with the addition of SS to GC. The particle morphology was examined by scanning electron microscopy. All composite samples were compared for their attributes to choose the most effective one to use as emery rock.

Keywords

• Abrasives
• Glass Cullet (GC)
• Snail Shell (SS)
• Epoxy Resin
• Surface Roughness
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)