The aim of this work was to process an inorganic waste from the borax industry for use in the mortar ceramic material. Recycling and LCA considering the use of waste as source materials is a true eco approach to composites. There is an increased interest to discuss and debate the potential of an ecosystem approach, to the design, manufacture and use of composites. An overview is given of a mechanochemical process for the preparation of a value-added material. Ceramics were obtained using kaolinite clay, borax industry residue with calcite and quartz at a sintering temperature of 950°C. Boron free specimens have a sintering temperature of 1050°C. Different types of glass-ceramics were made: kaolin, kaolin-60% residue kaolin-70% residue. Infrared Spectroscopic and X-ray investigations has been carried out to study the structural changes as a function of temperature and composition; the spectral pattern show bands corresponding to Al-O-Al and Si-O-Si vibrations. The shifting of the asymmetric stretching frequencies of the Si-O-Si and Al-O-Si to higher wave numbers indicate the formation of mullite. Amorphous phase indicate glass sintered process involved. We attempt to give an example of material design using a contaminating residue.
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