Glass-refractory interactions with industrial scaleup of LionGlass

Elizabeth Aichele

LionGlass is a phosphate-based glass developed at Penn State to reduce the glass industry's carbon footprint. As interest grows, understanding its compatibility with ceramic refractories is critical. Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) measures glass diffusion into refractory materials, allowing calculation of diffusion coefficients and activation barriers. Results show that activation barriers decrease with increasing atomic number, suggesting ion size is less important than factors like molecular structure and charge in this system.

Major: 
Materials Science and Engineering
Exhibition Category: 
Physical Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
John Mauro
Poster Number: 
83