Concrete Produced by Steel-Making Slag (Basic Oxygen Furnace) Addition in Portland Cement


Alanyali H., ÇÖL M., YILMAZ M., Karagoez S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY, vol.6, no.6, pp.736-748, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

A steel-making slag (basic oxygen furnace) obtained from the Kardemir Steelworks was modified to be used as a clinker additive in the cement industry. This study confirmed that the compressive strength values of concretes produced by addition of these steel-making slags up to 30 mass% were within the values of Grade-325 and Grade-425 steel-making slag cement. This is an attractive alternative for cement manufacturers, because calcined material is expensive, and slag substitutes are very often cheaper, in addition to its low or zero-greenhouse-gas emission.