

Electric arc furnace (EAF) slag is a by-product of steel production in electric arc furnaces. Several studies have tried to demonstrate its suitability in civil engineering application, such as in bituminous mixtures and cement-based materials, due to its good physical, chemical and mineralogical properties. Particularly the re-use as coarse …



The main challenge of the steel industry for the next decade is the steel production transformation process, starting in Europe. The CO 2 intensive blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace (BOF) route will be substituted by a combination of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI), based on natural gas, later on "green" hydrogen, with an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) or …



SiO 2 and CaO are main components (80% of the total chemical composition). The basicity index of the AOD is 2.3 and around 1.3 for EAF slag aggregates. The mineralogical study was conducted in three steps. First, mineral phases found in EAF slag and AOD slag aggregates were determined through XRD analyses to get an …



The predominant way of making steel in the United Sates is by using an electric arc furnace (EAF) to melt scrap steel, which results in the formation of a rock-like material called slag. Among its various applications, EAF slag is used in a loose or unencapsulated form as ground cover material for residential landscaping. However, the …



Indeed, this research [4] showed that the volumetric expansion of the coarse EAF slag (5–25 mm) reached a value of 3.9%, whilst the fine EAF slag (0–5 mm) provided an expansion up to 4.8%. These higher values, however, can be justified by the different quality of the material (e.g. ferrous scrap) fed into the furnace, which can give ...



2.1 Materials. This study employed a paving-grade asphalt binder with a penetration grade of 60–70 (VG-30), which meets the specifications listed in Table 1 of IS 73 (2013). The study utilised granite as the conventional aggregate, alongside electric arc furnace (EAF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel slag as the coarse and fine …





This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper 10.3390/met10101347. 0. 0. 0. EAF slag is a non-metallic by-product that consists mainly of silicates and oxides formed during the process of refining the molten steel. Raw EAF slag often appears as grey or black colored lumps, depending on its ferrous oxide content.









Production and Processing. An Electric arc furnace (EAF) produces steel by the melting of recycled steel scrap, using heat generated by an arc, created by a large electric current Lime added (as flux) combine with silicates and oxides to form liquid slag. EAF slag has a lower density than steel and therefore floats on top of the molten steel.



The "good" slag is a molten, MgO saturated slag with the presence of a suspended second phase particle (MgO · FeO magnesium wustite (MW)) at the operating temperature (2). The saturated MgO slag will be not only better, but will also decrease refractory wear. EAF slags typically contain five major oxides: CaO, MgO, SiO2, FeO and Al2O3 ...







The EAF slag was crushed and sieved from 12 mm sieve and retained on 10 mm sieve. 1 kg of EAF slag sample was collected with particle size ≈ 10 mm. The test samples were washed three times with deionized water and placed in a 3 L borosil glass container and filled with 1 L deionized water as a leaching solution.



The slag is dark grey in colour and is characteristically harder than blast furnace slag (BFS). It has a density about 20 - 25% greater than basalt or BFS. It crushes to a cubical shape. EAFS in common with most steel slags, is subject to slight dimensional expansion until it fully hydrates. Until this occurs, care should be taken not to place ...





Steel slags are the byproducts of the steel industry, and in the long term, electric arc furnaces are expected to be used increasingly for the production of steel, increasing accordingly the amount of electric arc furnace (EAF) slags produced [].There are two types of slag produced by the melting of scrap for the production of steel in an …



The chemical composition of the waste aggregates is summarized in Table 1.Water absorption and density of natural aggregates and slag waste were evaluated according to UNI EN 1097-6 (Table 2).EAF granulated slag showed higher density than natural aggregates as a consequence of their high iron content (20 ÷ 30% vs …



In this paper, the effect of adding Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slag and Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs) on the microwave heating and healing efficiency of asphalt mixtures was evaluated. Microwave heating efficiency was assessed by heating the specimens using several heating times. In addition, the electrical resistivity of the mixtures was ...









An example of slag chemistries during stainless steel production from Holappa et al. (2021) is given in Table 2-3 where significant quantities of chromium oxide are found in the EAF slag; however, due to the high reactivity of chromium with FeO and the addition of slag reducing agents such as silicon and aluminum in the EAF, there are low ...




