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ENGINEERING JOURNAL CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY


Volume 25, No. 03, Month DECEMBER, Year 2018, Pages 102 - 112


Education factors suitable for the production of foam glass foam amber glass splinter

Banyat Panprasitvech and Patipat Hongsuwan


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The purpose of this research aims to investigate the factors affecting foaming of foam glass performed with two substances which are Potassium Carbonate and Sodium Carbonate at the same operating period and temperature. The best foaming substance could be found out by full factorial experiment. The study is divided into two main parts. The first one is an experiment on the appropriate size of the glass powder then finding the factors and the finally is suitable condition for foam glass production by response surface technique. The considered factors are the formula used in the foam glass production, the soaking period at a specified temperature and the temperature in foam glass burning by Minitab Program at a level of 0.05 significance. The statistical analysis shows that the appropriate size of the glass powder is 75 microns. The recipe to produce foam glass must have Potassium Carbonate ingredient since the substance could be disintegrated at a lower temperature compared with Sodium Carbonate thus better inflation could be formed. The suitable temperature period for foam glass burning is 840°C and the soaking period at this temperature is 20 minutes.


Keywords

Foam Glass, Factorial Design



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