Large amounts of waste materials are discarded in the sugarcane industry.
This work investigates the reuse of sugarcane bagasse ash waste as an
alternative raw material for porcelain stoneware tile bodies, replacing
natural quartz by up to 5 wt.%. The tile pieces were fired at 1230 ?C using a
fast-firing cycle (< 60min). The technological properties of the fired tile
pieces (e.g., linear shrinkage, water absorption, apparent density, and
flexural strength) were determined. The sintering process was followed by SEM
and XRD analyses. The results show that up to 2.5 wt.% sugarcane bagasse ash
waste can be used as a partial replacement for quartz in porcelain stoneware
tile (group BIa, ISO 13006 standard), providing excellent technical
properties. Hence, its application in high-quality ceramic tile for use in
civil construction as a low-cost, alternative raw material could be an ideal
means of managing sugarcane bagasse ash waste.
Adsorption kinetics of phenol from aqueous solution using sugarcane bagasse ash as
low-cost adsorbent material
