Utilization of Blast Furnace Slag, Steel Slag in the Production of Clinker

Abstract:

The study on the use of blast furnace slag, steel slag and fly ash as raw materials to produce cement clinker has been carried out in the present investigation. The burnability of raw meal was determined by the linear shrinkage and free lime content of clinkers sintered at different temperatures. The microstructrue and properties of raw meal and clinker were investigated by the means of chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction and petrographic analysis. The physical and mechanical performance of cement was tested according to the standards. The results showed that the burnability was good as the free lime content was lower than 0.5w% in the clinker sintered at 1350. It is believed that the nucleation of alite only needs to grow bigger and rearrange with the rising temperature. The micrograph of clinker sintered at 1450 showed that there were some garlands of belite crystals around alite crystals because of high temperature or the local reducing atmosphere caused by the compact raw meal. High-quality cement clinker with compressive strength of 60.4MPa was produced by utilizing limestone, blast furnace slag, steel slag and fly ash as raw materials after curing 28 days.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 743-744)
• Pages: 334-338
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.743-744.334
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Shou Wan Qin, Jian Jun Shen, Hui Fen Wang, Zhao Ran Xiao
• Keywords: Blast Furnace Slag (BFS), Burnablity, Clinker, Performance, Steel Slag

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