Determine components of clam shells and glass bottles as the base material for glass ceramics using x-ray fluorescence

The waste clam-shells of the species ’Meretrix Lyrata’ and waste glass bottles were used as basic materials to produce glass ceramics. The glass ceramics consisted of 70 wt.% clam shell and 30 wt.% glass bottles mixed homogeneously using ball milling. Clam shells and glass bottles were characterized by X-Ray Fluorescence to determine its compound. The XRF showed the clam shells contain 94.45% of CaO, and become 99.48% of CaO after calcination at 900 oC for 2 hours, while the glass bottle contain 80.28% of SiO2 Its promise material for glass ceramics with better mechanical, structural and physical properties.