Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Oxide</td><td class="align_center">SLS glass container</td><td class="align_center">ZnO-SLS glass</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SiO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">69.5</td><td class="align_center">34.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CaO</td><td class="align_center">11.3</td><td class="align_center">5.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Na<sub>2</sub>O</td><td class="align_center">12.5</td><td class="align_center">6.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub></td><td class="align_center">2.8</td><td class="align_center">1.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MgO</td><td class="align_center">2.0</td><td class="align_center">1.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ZnO</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">49.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Others</td><td class="align_center">1.9</td><td class="align_center">1.0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Chemical composition of SLS glass waste and ZnO-SLS glass (wt.%).

Journal of Spectroscopy

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Table 1: Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications 