Glass composite

A solid glass composite matrix,

• comprising glass granules and a binder resin which has been cured and which binds the glass granules into a solid composite, wherein the solid glass composite matrix comprises more than 60% w/w of glass granule
• which have a grain size of 4 mm-6 mm and
• which further comprises bulking sources selected from the group consisting of sand, silica, bauxite and flint.

A solid glass composite matrix, comprising glass granules and a binder resin which has been cured and which binds the glass granules into a solid composite, wherein the solid glass composite matrix comprises more than 60% w/w of glass granules

• grain size of 4 mm-6 mm and
• which further comprises glass granules in the matrix which have a grain size substantially between 0.0 mm and 20.0 mm.

A solid glass composite matrix, comprising glass granules and a binder resin which has been cured and which binds the glass granules into a solid composite, wherein the solid glass composite matrix comprises more than 60% w/w of glass granules

• a grain size of 4 mm-6 mm and
• wherein a coupling agent is present in the composite, to couple the glass and resin components together during setting of the composite.

A solid glass composite matrix, comprising glass granules and a binder resin which has been cured and which binds the glass granules into a solid composite, wherein the solid glass composite matrix comprises more than 60% w/w of glass granules

• a grain size of 4 mm-6 mm and
• wherein a reactive diluent is added to suit viscosity requirements.

A method of producing a glass composite comprising the steps of:

• contacting an aggregate of glass granules of average grain size between 0 mm and less than 10 mm with a binder resin,
• mixing the granules into the un-set resin, and
• allowing the resin to set so that the resin sets the granules into a solid composite matrix wherein the solid glass composite matrix comprises more than 60% w/w of glass granules which have a grain size of 4 mm-6 mm.

A solid glass composite matrix comprising glass granules and a binder resin which has been cured, and binds the glass granules into a solid composite,

• wherein said binder resin further comprises a reactive diluent which is added to control viscosity;
• and
• wherein the reactive diluent is selected from the group consisting of mono-functional 1 aliphatic glycidyl ethers, di-functional 1 aliphatic glycidyl ethers, mono-functional cycloaliphatic ethers, di-functional cycloaliphatic glycidyl ethers, mono-functional 1 aliphatic glycidyl esters, di-functional 1 aliphatic glycidyl esters, mono-functional cycloaliphatic glycidyl esters, and di-functional cycloaliphatic glycidyl esters.