(Received: November 27, 2010; Accepted: February 9, 2011) Abstract: The effect of pig iron slag particles on soil physico-chemical, biological and certain soil enzyme properties was studied. Contamination of iron slag particles altered physico-chemical, biological and enzyme properties of soil. While soil pH increased slightly, electrical conductivity, carbon, potassium and phosphorus contents ...

The surface tensions of a number of common commercial ferroalloys have been measured during their granulation in water. These measured values are significantly lower than would be expected from a normal metal-gas interface and are more typical of the interfacial tensions of slag-gas interfaces. This would seem to indicate that the slag-metal interface on the surface of a granule produces no sig...

In this study, ZnFe2O4 (ZFO) nanotapers are fabricated on the ZnO nanorods (NRs) by recycling rare-earth oxide (REO) slag as the iron source, which thereby exhibits dramatically enhanced photoelectrochemical (PEC) efficiency. Our studies demonstrate that the electron-hole separation and charge migration can be facilitated by the cascade band alignment of ZFO and ZnO and the branched nanotaper s...

Two types of refractory bricks were used in reaction tests with slag from a production kiln for iron ore pellet production. Electron microscopy was used to characterize morphological changes at the slag/brick interface and active chemical reactions. Phases such as kalsilite, nepheline and potassium β-alumina form, in a layered structure, as a consequence of alkali metals migration in the brick....

Refractories, materials that can withstand high temperatures, play an important role in the iron and steel sector which alone accounts for ~70% of total refractories pro‐ duced. In this chapter, detailed wettability and interfacial phenomena investiga‐ tions on alumina-carbon and zirconia-carbon refractories at steelmaking temperatures. The wettability between refractory substrates and molten i...

Different ways of combining argon oxygen decarburisation slag (AOD) or electric arc furnace slag (EAF) with blast furnace slag (BFS) for achieving better phosphorus (P) removal performance in small-scale wastewater systems (SSWSs) were examined. The three types of slag were combined in varying mass ratios and with different dosing procedures in batch experiments using synthetic solution and rea...

This study investigates the utilization of slag and fly ash (FA) as alternative cementitious binder. Combination of 60% slag and 40% FA was used as new binder. In addition, for activation of slag and FA, sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide was used as a chemical activator by 5% weight of the binder, separately. Water to binder and sand to binder ratios was kept 0.55 and 3 in mortar preparati...

This paper attempts to illustrate the benefits of using slag models based on the thermodynamics of steelmaking reactions and the multi-dimensional modeling of phase equilibria. The use of mass balance calculations and the application of these personal computer-based slag models to the refinement of standard operating procedures can simultaneously result in shorter process times, more predictabl...

In this study, the influence of mechanically activated electric arc furnace slag (EAFS) was investigated through compressive strength tests on 50 mm mortar cubes. The objective was to convert the wasteful EAFS into a useful binding material to reduce the cement content in concrete without compromising strength and economy. Four different groups of mortar were cast which include control mortar, ...