A synergistic disposal method of hazardous waste incineration residues and solid wastes, ceramsite and an application thereof, all belonging to the field of resources and environment. The disposal method includes the following steps: mixing of the hazardous waste incineration residues and solid wastes, granulation and dehydration of the resulting mixture and calcination to obtain ceramsite. In the preparation of ceramsite by the synergistic disposal of hazardous waste incineration residues and solid wastes as the raw materials, dioxin and organic matters in the hazardous waste incineration residues and solid wastes are decomposed, meanwhile the contained heavy metals are reduced and solidified, solving the disposal problem of hazardous waste incineration residues and solid wastes, saving a lot of land for landfills, decreasing the cost for comprehensive disposal, not producing new hazardous wastes, and reducing the burden of ecological environment.

A composition of the wear-resistant material of the present invention includes high-temperature resistant skeleton metal materials, ceramic fiber materials and ceramic particle materials with the mass ratio of (10-60):(1-30):(10-70). The high-temperature resistant skeleton metal materials are foam metal or high-temperature resistant metal fibers. The wear-resistant material is good in wear-resistance, high in tenacity, suitable for occasions with high requirements for wear-resistance and tenacity and capable of being locally attached to the surface of the light metal alloy matrix to improve the wear-resistance and tenacity of the light metal alloy matrix under high temperature conditions. The locally-reinforced light metal matrix composites of the present invention are the light metal alloy matrix locally-reinforced through the wear-resistant material. A manufacturing method of the locally-reinforced light metal matrix composites of the present invention is to metallurgically bond the wear-resistant layer with the light metal alloy matrix is through the squeeze casting technique.

A ceramic for construction or technical applications, composed of at least one of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash (MSWIBA) and other recycled industrial solid waste and different methods of forming such ceramics. Various techniques illustrate how ceramics are formed using at least one of extrusion shaping, dry powder compaction and agglomeration, any of which can be preceded by a pre-treatment process of received feedstock.

A recycled aluminium silicate material, suitable for use in ceramic article production, wherein the recycled aluminium silicate material has a particle size distribution such that: (i) the d.sub.50 particle size is from 10 μm to 30 μm; (ii) the d.sub.70 particle size is less than 40 μm; and (iii) the d.sub.98 particle size is less than 60 μm. A particulate mixture, suitable for use in ceramic article production, includes the above defined recycled aluminium silicate material.

A particulate mixture, suitable for use in ceramic article production, wherein the mixture includes from 30 wt % to 80 wt % recycled aluminium silicate material. The particulate mixture has a particle size distribution such that: (i) the d.sub.50 particle size is from 10 μm to 30 μm; (ii) the d.sub.70 particle size is less than 40 μm; and (iii) the d.sub.98 particle size is less than 60 μm.

A process for the production of a ceramic article includes the steps of: (a) preparing a particulate mixture; (b) contacting the particulate mixture to water to form a humidified mixture; (c) pressing the humidified mixture to form a green article; (d) optionally, subjecting the green article to an initial drying step; (e) optionally, glazing the green article to form a glazed green article; (f) subjecting the green article to a heat treatment step to form a hot fused article; and (g) cooling the hot fused article to form a glazed ceramic article. The particulate mixture includes from 30 wt % to 80 wt % recycled aluminium silicate material. The particulate mixture has: (i) a d.sub.50 particle size from 10 μm to 30 μm; (ii) a d.sub.70 particle size of less than 40 μm; and (iii) a d.sub.98 particle size of less than 60 μm. Steps (c) and (f), and optionally steps (d) and (e) are continuous process steps.

A lightweight high-strength ceramsite, comprising solid raw materials and activator as the raw materials, which can be respectively expressed in parts by weight, the solid raw materials: 100 parts, the activator: 1-15 parts; wherein said solid raw materials comprise fly ash: 100 parts, high-alumina fly ash, bauxite and red mud: 6-18 parts, silica fume: 1-5 parts, surfactant: 0.1-3 parts, plasticizer: 6-24 parts; and said activator comprises alkali metal hydroxide: 5-20 parts and alkali metal silicate: 80-95 parts. The lightweight high-strength ceramsite product prepared has a density level of 700-1100 kg/m3 and cylindrical compressive strength of 10-20 MPa, and thus is not susceptible to damage.

A method for preparing ceramsite by using municipal sludge as raw material, including the following specific steps: drying; preparing ingredients including raw sludge, fly ash, kaolinite, steelmaking slag, zeolite, hematite, calcareous shale, waste incineration fly ash, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, waste glass, calcium carbonate, sodium lauryl sulfate, and sodium benzoate; mixing and stirring uniformly, and putting the stirred materials into a granulating machine for granulation; drying and preheating the material pellets after granulation, and then quickly transferring to a sintering device for first sintering at a low temperature and then sintering at a high temperature; crushing large chunks of the cooled materials; and separating and screening the crushed materials. The method of the present invention reduces the generation of the large chunks of the cooled materials in the obtained ceramsite, thereby reducing the subsequent crushing work and saving energy consumption accordingly.

The invention discloses a method of making waterproof magnesium oxychloride refractory brick by fly ash from municipal solid waste incineration. The method comprises the following steps: (1) sulfur-containing compound and water are mixed into the fly ash and stirred evenly to make stabilized slurry, the heavy metals are stabilized and CaO is turned to Ca(OH).sub.2 during this process. (2) The aqueous solution of MgO and MgCl.sub.2 is added into the stabilized slurry to make magnesium oxychloride slurry by being stirred evenly. (3) The magnesium oxychloride slurry is cured to make magnesium oxychloride gel, (4) and the magnesium oxychloride aggregate is prepared by crushing the magnesium oxychloride gel. (5) The blended slurry is prepared by mixing metastable material, alkali metal hydroxide, Na.sub.2SiO.sub.3, magnesium oxychloride aggregate and water, (6) after being stirred, molded and cured, the waterproof magnesium oxychloride refractory brick is obtained. The waterproof magnesium oxychloride refractory brick made by this invention combines two materials, the geopolymer gel and the magnesium oxychloride gel, which possess different properties of fire resistance and water resistance. It is confirmed that the coexistence of geopolymer gel and magnesium oxychloride gel achieves the multi-stage solidification and stabilization of heavy metals and improving the water resistance of magnesium oxychloride refractory brick.

The present invention relates to fabricating lightweight ceramic sand as a building and construction material. More specifically it relates to a novel process of manufacturing sintered synthetic lightweight ceramic sand particulates directly from pond ash and fly ash as a secondary raw material. The said synthetic lightweight ceramic sand can be used as a building material. The novel feature of the invention is to manufacture low cost lightweight sand at high throughput to compete against the fast depleting natural sand and crushed stones.