Synthesis and characterisation of alites from reduced basic oxygen furnace slags

Autor: Burkart Adamczyk, Katharina Schraut, Christian Adam, Dietmar Stephan, Birgit Meng, Sebastian Simon, Julia von Werder
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cement and Concrete Research. 147:106518
ISSN: 0008-8846
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2021.106518
Popis: Basic oxygen furnace slags (BOFS) are by-products of the steelmaking process. Several researchers have studied the production of Portland cement clinker and metallic iron from BOFS via a reductive treatment. In this study, we applied a carbothermal reduction of BOFS in a technical-scale electric arc furnace and characterised the clinker-like products. Those clinker-like non-metallic products (NMPs) had a chemical and mineralogical composition comparable to clinker for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and contained large elongated alite crystals as major component. The pure NMPs reacted more slowly and achieved a lower degree of hydration compared with commercial OPC. If the reactivity of the products can be further increased by employing specific adaptations, it can be used as a full clinker substitute for OPC. Nevertheless, it is also an option to use the material without further modifications as a cement component or concrete addition, which contributes to the strength development in both cases.
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