Treatments of Magnesium Slag to Recycle Waste from Pidgeon Process

Abstract:

Magnesium slag powder from a local magnesium plant was treated to improve the volume stability for its application as building materials. The slag was mixed with borates, pressed into briquettes, and then sintered at high temperature. SEM studies show that at the higher temperature Ca₂SiO₄ polymorphs were stabilized by Na and B ions in the added borates. The free MgO content in the slag was also decreased by the sintering treatment. The slag powder, after mixing with 0.4-0.6% of borates and sintered at 1200°C in 5-6 hours, has become volume stable aggregates. It is then possible to use the treated slag in constructions, saving valuable natural resources and decreasing the global warming impact from magnesium production via Pidgeon process.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 418-420)
• Pages: 1657-1667
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.418-420.1657
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Feng Lan Han, Qi Xing Yang, Lan Er Wu, Sheng Wei Guo
• Keywords: Borates, Building Material, Disintegration, Magnesium, Pidgeon Process, Sintering, Slag, Stabilization, Valorization

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