Suitability of Steel Making Slag as a Construction Material Resource

Lucy V. Fisher, Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI), Swansea University, Bay Campus, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK, Andrew R. Barron, Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI), Swansea University, Bay Campus, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK, Institute of Resilience, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, Arizona Institute of Resilience (ARI), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA
2021 Recent Progress in Materials  
One of the largest problems facing the steelmaking industry is the high amount of waste currently produced and the low amount of waste that is currently recycled. This study aims to look at the suitability of 3 different samples of basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) slag as a construction material, in concert with their carbon capture capacity. Characterization by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP), X-ray fluorescence (XRF),
more » ... adsorption analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) demonstrated that these BOS slags were found to have several favorable characteristics making them suitable for reuse as construction material.
doi:10.21926/rpm.2103028 fatcat:qtubhdmhovdh3j6oncvr2i5g3q