Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation

Steel slag is a solid waste product generated during the carbonation stage of steelmaking. It has high levels of heavy metals and substantial amounts of free calcium and magnesium oxide, making it unsuitable for use as a cement material. Furthermore, the disposal of steel slag in landfills requir...

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Main Authors: Baras, Amer, Li, Jiajie, Ni, Wen, Hussain, Zahid, Hitch, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93281
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author Baras, Amer
Li, Jiajie
Ni, Wen
Hussain, Zahid
Hitch, Michael
author_facet Baras, Amer
Li, Jiajie
Ni, Wen
Hussain, Zahid
Hitch, Michael
author_sort Baras, Amer
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Steel slag is a solid waste product generated during the carbonation stage of steelmaking. It has high levels of heavy metals and substantial amounts of free calcium and magnesium oxide, making it unsuitable for use as a cement material. Furthermore, the disposal of steel slag in landfills requires many resources and can seriously contaminate the surrounding environment. One method of reducing its negative environmental impact is carbonation, which involves reacting steel slag with carbon dioxide to form stable minerals. However, many parameters influence the carbonation efficiency of steelmaking slag, including temperature, time, particle size, pressure, CO2 concentration, liquid-to-solid ratio, moisture content, humidity, additives, etc. To this end, this paper comprehensively reviews the most important steel slag carbonation-influencing factors. Moreover, it compares the characteristics from two perspectives based on their causes and effects on carbonation. Finally, this article reviews earlier studies to identify the factors that affect steel slag carbonation and the potential of carbonated steel slag as a sustainable construction material. Based on previous research, it systematically examines all the elements for future work that need to be improved.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-932812023-10-10T07:08:45Z Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation Baras, Amer Li, Jiajie Ni, Wen Hussain, Zahid Hitch, Michael Steel slag is a solid waste product generated during the carbonation stage of steelmaking. It has high levels of heavy metals and substantial amounts of free calcium and magnesium oxide, making it unsuitable for use as a cement material. Furthermore, the disposal of steel slag in landfills requires many resources and can seriously contaminate the surrounding environment. One method of reducing its negative environmental impact is carbonation, which involves reacting steel slag with carbon dioxide to form stable minerals. However, many parameters influence the carbonation efficiency of steelmaking slag, including temperature, time, particle size, pressure, CO2 concentration, liquid-to-solid ratio, moisture content, humidity, additives, etc. To this end, this paper comprehensively reviews the most important steel slag carbonation-influencing factors. Moreover, it compares the characteristics from two perspectives based on their causes and effects on carbonation. Finally, this article reviews earlier studies to identify the factors that affect steel slag carbonation and the potential of carbonated steel slag as a sustainable construction material. Based on previous research, it systematically examines all the elements for future work that need to be improved. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93281 10.3390/pr11092590 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI AG fulltext
spellingShingle Baras, Amer
Li, Jiajie
Ni, Wen
Hussain, Zahid
Hitch, Michael
Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title_full Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title_fullStr Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title_short Evaluation of Potential Factors Affecting Steel Slag Carbonation
title_sort evaluation of potential factors affecting steel slag carbonation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93281