The SILIFE project coordinated by the ITC of the UJI is progressing in reducing the toxicity of respirable crystalline silica in industry



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## The SILIFE project coordinated by the ITC of the UJI is progressing in reducing the toxicity of respirable crystalline silica in industry

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The "SILIFE project: production of quartz powders with reduced crystalline silica toxicity", coordinated by the University Institute of Ceramics Technology Agustín Escardino of the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, advances in the reduction or practical cancellation of respirable crystalline silica, present in numerous productive sectors and causing silicosis. Today, the project work team has been meeting in Castellón, whose main objective is to produce commercial quartz powder that has a very low or zero respiratory silica (SCR) toxicity.

And this is because, according to the UJI professor Eliseu Monfort, also responsible for the ITC Sustainability Area, "inhalation of respirable crystalline silica (SCR) produces the known pathological reaction called 'silicosis'. Many industrial sectors use quartz or materials that contain it, so the work environments of these companies can contain significant amounts of this contaminant that, for the most part, can not be substituted".

From the University Institute of Ceramics Technology, a preliminary study was initiated through the SILICOAT project, in which different substances such as nanoalumin, aluminum lactate and organosilanes were used to block the toxicity of the quartz, since it is conditioned by surface chemistry of the quartz particles.

"Thus, says Professor Monfort, it has been shown that the toxicity of SCR containing the raw materials used in wet processes by traditional ceramic industries can be annulled, practically. This effect was obtained by adding an additive to the ceramic compositions, which covered the surface of the quartz so that its toxicity disappears. It was demonstrated that this technology is technically and economically viable for traditional ceramics."

The challenge now in the SILIFE project is that other productive sectors in Spain and Europe, other than ceramics, can be more secure once the toxicity of the SCR has been annulled. To achieve this, a pilot plant dedicated to the treatment of commercial quartz powder has been designed. The treated quartz that will be produced on this plant will be verified by industrial tests that will begin to be carried out soon by several end users from different industrial sectors. Indeed, one of the main objectives of this meeting is to address the development of industrial testing in each of the manufacturing plants of the companies that participate in the project, to verify the results on an industrial scale in real manufacturing conditions.

SILIFE is coordinated by the Universitat Jaume I through the University Institute of Ceramics Technology Agustín Escardino. In addition, in the project participate the Spanish Technology Platform for Industrial Security (PESI), the Ceramic Center of Bologna (CCB), Bulk Cargo Logistics, S.L. (BCL), the company MAPEI, Fundiciones Fumbarri Durango, S.A., ABCR Labs, the Fraunhofer-ITEM Institute, EU Elastomers Unión SRL, and the Esmalglass-Itaca Group.

All the information on the project can be found here: [www.silife-project.eu](http://www.silife-project.eu)

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