RESEARCH ON THE CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION OF QUARTZ SANDS

Abstract

The economic situation of any country depends largely on the level of development of its industry. It is the state and dynamics of the industrial complex that determine the possibilities of successful solution of strategic and tactical tasks to strengthen economic independence and ensure a decent standard of living.

Currently, the full mass development of the glass industry in Kazakhstan, including the new modern glass factory LLP "EuroCrystal" in Shymkent is associated with the probability of difficulties due to raw material insufficiency, which ultimately contributes to the increase in the cost of glass products.

The possibility of using Ground-Bulak and Akzhar quartz Sands in glassmaking to produce colorless and bottle-green container glass was studied. Chemical, granulometric and x-ray phase analyses of quartz Sands containing a sufficiently high content of silicon oxide, as well as a small amount of harmful impurities of iron oxide and aluminum oxide were carried out. It was found that the studied quartz Sands almost completely consist of a pronounced crystalline β-quartz with some inclusions. The data of chemical and mineralogical analyses indicate that quartz Sands Grunch-Bulak and Akzhar fields are promising for use as raw materials for container glass.