Glassceramics from Industrial Waste Prepared in a Microwave Furnace

This work presents the study of glassceramics from nickel leaching residue used as a heavy metal carrier (Cd, Pb) preparedby microwave vitrification. The Vicker`s microhardness, chemical durability and magnetic susceptibility of vitrified waste was tested.The glassceramics containing 40-50 % of nickel leaching residue with a high microhardness and very good chemical durability wasobtained in a short time of heating (45 minutes).