Zinc Oxide-Doped Antibacterial Soda Lime Glass Produced as a Glass Container.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to produce and characterize glass materials, which have an enhanced antibacterial property by the conventional melting method. Container glass compositions including different amounts of zinc oxide (ZnO) (5.0, 7.5, and 10.0%) were prepared and melted to be able to obtain the antibacterial glass. The Release and antibacterial tests, which were performed after the melting process, showed that the glass doped with 5% ZnO was the most appropriate composition according to test results (99.82% Escherichia coli inactivation) and its raw materials' costs. Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties such as thermal expansion coefficient (86.1 × 10^-7/°C), density (2.523 g/cm³), refractive index (1.5191), hardness (596 kg/mm²), and ela

SUBMITTER: Demirel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018712 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature