Vitrified inorganic wastes are often converted into glass–ceramics; although these products exhibit interesting properties, the processing is quite complex and expensive. This paper reports an alternative approach, based on substituting traditional feldspar fluxes in stoneware with a CaO–Al2O3–SiO2 glass, from industrial plasma vitrification of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ashes. The new materials feature low sintering temperatures, <1000°C, associated to a substantial crystallization. For an optimized balance between crystallization and densification (by introducing soda‐lime glass as a sintering promoter), the products exhibit remarkable mechanical properties (e.g., bending strength exceeding 100 MPa), even superior to those of traditional porcelain stoneware.
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