Este trabalho visa estudar o emprego da escória de aciaria a oxigênio (EACN) na construção civil. Para isso, elaborou-se um programa experimental em seis etapas: a primeira compreendeu a caracterização da EACN, do cimento, do clínquer e do gesso; na segunda, a EACN foi cominuída até valores de tamanho de partículas inferiores a 0,075mm; em seguida, caracterizada física, ambiental, química, mineralógica, microestrutural e termicamente, e teve a sua atividade pozolânica determinada; a terceira compreendeu a ativação da escória com hidróxido de sódio; na quarta, foram realizados ensaios de pega expansibilidade, resistência axial à compressão e durabilidade de argamassas de cimento CP V-ARI com substituição parcial do cimento por EACN; na quinta, obteve-se uma primeira escória de aciaria modificada (EACM1) mediante o processo pirometalúrgico da EACN em forma de pó, para alterar a composição química e estrutura para amorfa, tornando-a mais reativa, sendo submetida aos mesmos ensaios da quarta etapa, à exceção dos ensaios de pega e expansibilidade; na sexta e última, obteve-se uma segunda escória modificada (EACM2) pirometalurgicamente: a composição química próxima da escória de altoforno e amorfa. A carga desse processo pirometalúrgico foi calculada pelo software Factsage. Parte dessa escória modificada foi cominuída adicionalmente, de modo que foram obtidas amostras sem moagem adicional (EACM2a) e com moagem adicional (EACM2b). A escória modificada foi submetida aos ensaios da quinta etapa, mais o grau de vitrificação e a reatividade por microscopia de luz transmitida. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que argamassas em que parte do cimento CP V-ARI é substituída por escórias de aciaria (naturais ou modificadas) atendem às especificações de resistência à compressão nos seguintes casos: escória natural e modificada 1: substituição de até 10% do cimento CP V-ARI; escória modificada 2a, substituição de até 20% de cimento; escória modificada 2b, substituição de até 40% do cimento. Observou-se que a escória modificada 2b apresentou resistência à compressão superior ao traço referência nas idades de 28 dias e 91 dias. Apresenta-se ainda a utilização da EACM2b com o clínquer. Outros ensaios e comparações são apresentados para discutir o comportamento observado das escórias em estudo. / This study aims at employing BOF steel slag (EACN) in civil construction. Thus, the study developed an experimental program in six stages: the first one comprised the characterization of BOF steel slag, cement, clinker and gypsum; in the second stage BOF steel slag was reduced to particles sized less than 0.075mm; then, it was physical, environmental, chemical, mineralogical, microstructural and thermally characterized, it also had its pozzolanic activity determined; the third stage comprised the activation of BOF steel slag with sodium hydroxide; during the fourth stage, we carried out setting time, expansibility, axial compressive strength and durability tests for mortars made with cement CP V-ARI and partial substitution with BOF steel slag; in the fifth stage, we obtained the first modified BOF steel slag (EACM1) through pyrometallurgical process of powdered BOF steel slag so as to alter its chemical and structural makeup, making it more reactive to be submitted to the same tests of the fourth stage, except the setting time and expansibility tests; in the sixth and final stage, we obtained the second pyrometallurgically modified BOF steel slag: chemical makeup close to blastfurnace slag. The load of this pyrometallurgical process was calculated using software Factsage. Part of this modified slag was ground additionally, so that samples without additional grinding (EACM2a) and with additional grinding (EACM2b) were obtained. The modified slag underwent the fifth-stage tests, and the degree of vitrification and transmitted light microscopy reactivity. The results obtained show that mortars in which part of CP V-ARI cement was replaced with BOF steel slag (natural or modified) meet the compressive strength specifications in the following cases: Natural and modified slag 1: substitution of up to 10% of CP V-ARI cement; Modified slag 2a, substitution of up to 20% cement; Modified slag 2b, substitution of up to 40% cement. We observed that modified slag 2b showed higher compressive strength than the reference mix at ages 28 and 91 days. We also present the use of EACM2b as clinker. Other tests and comparisons are presented so as to discuss the observed behaviors of the study slags.

Os cimentos de escória apresentam boas possibilidades de mercado, especialmente em aplicações em que o cimento Portland não possa ser utilizado ou onde o seu uso provoque uma elevação dos custos. A confecção de matrizes para fibras sensíveis aos álcalis e a produção de cimentos com baixo calor de hidratação são exemplos. Neste trabalho, a escória foi ativada com silicato de sódio e cal hidratada. O ativador foi formulado de maneira a proporcionar teores de Na2O de 2,5% e 5%, SiO2 de 0% a 14,8% e Ca(OH)2 de 0%, 2,5% e 5%. O aumento dos teores de Na2O e de SiO2, dentro de determinados limites, propicia um notável crescimento da resistência à compressão. Este crescimento da resistência está associado a uma diminuição da porosidade, para um mesmo fator/água aglomerante. Certamente a diminuição da porosidade é devida a um menor grau de organização cristalina dos produtos hidratados, decorrente do aumento da velocidade de precipitação de hidratados e de gel de N-C-S-H. A adição de Ca(OH)2 diminui a velocidade de perda da trabalhabilidade. Os cimentos de escória ativada com silicatos de sódio podem apresentar resistência à compressão de até 100 MPa, superior à dos cimentos Portland, com calor de hidratação da mesma ordem de grandeza. A velocidade de carbonatação destes cimentos é equivalente a dos cimentos Portland de mesma resistência. No entanto, estes cimentos apresentam maior retração hidráulica. / Binders based on ground granulated blast furnace slag (BFS) are suitable for the building industry, mainly if the use of Portland cement is expensive or may cause problems, such as: alkali sensitive fibre-reinforced cement and concretes and low heat-hydration concretes. BFS is activated by sodium silicates and hydrated lime. The compound\'s proportions are: Na2O - 2.5 and 5.0%; SiO2 from 0 to 14.8%; CaOH2 - 0, 2.5 and 5%. The increase of Na2O and SiO2 amounts allows a considerable improvement of binder strength, with values up to 100 MPa. This increase of the strength is related to the decrease of the porosity for a constant water-binder ratio. The porosity is affected certainly by the reduction of the degree of cristalynity of the hydrated compounds, due to the increase of the speed of precipitation of the hydrates or the N-C-S-H gel. It is possible to obtain BFS binders stronger than the Portland cement, with similar hydration heat. The carbonation rate of these new binders is equivalent to those of Portland cement specimens with similar strength. However these BFS binders have higher drying shrinkage.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1979. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND SCIENCE. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad. / Ph.D.

Thesis. 1976. Sc.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. / Microfiche copy available in Archives and Science. / Vita. / Includes bibliographical references. / Sc.D.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND SCIENCE. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Chang-Shung Chai. / Ph.D.

Batteries have found wide use in many household and industrial applications and since the 1990s, they have continued to rapidly shape the economy and social landscape of humans. Lithium ion batteries, a type of rechargeable batteries, have experienced a leap-frog development at technology and market share due to their prominent performance and environmental advantages and therefore, different forecasts have been made on the future trend for the lithium ion batteries in-terms of their use. The steady growth of energy demand for consumer electronics (CE) and electric vehicles (EV) have resulted in the increase of battery consumption and the electric vehicle (EV) market is the most promising market as it will consume a large amount of the lithium ion batteries and research in this area has reached advanced stages. This will consequently be resulting in an increase of metal-containing hazardous waste. Thus, to help prevent environmental and raw materials consumption, the recycling and recovery of the major valuable components of the spent lithium ion batteries appears to be beneficial. In this thesis, it was attempted to recover lithium from a synthetic slag produced using pyrometallurgy processing and later treated using hydrometallurgy. The entire work was done in the laboratory to mimic a base metal smelting slag. The samples used were smelted in a Tamman furnace under inert atmosphere until 1250oC was reached and then maintained at this temperature for two hours. The furnace was then switched off to cool for four hours and the temperature gradient during cooling was from 1250oC to 50oC. Lime was added as one of the sample materials to change the properties of the slag and eventually ease the possibility of selectively leaching lithium from the slag. It was observed after smelting that the slag samples had a colour ranging from dark grey to whitish grey among the samples.The X - ray diffractions done on the slag samples revealed that the main phases identified included fayalite (Fe2SiO4), magnetite (Fe3O4), ferrobustamine (CaFeO6Si2), Kilchoanite (Ca3Si2O7), iron oxide (Fe0.974O) and quartz (SiO2). The addition of lime created new compound in the slag with the calcium replacing the iron. The new phases formed included hedenbergite (Ca0.5Fe1.5Si2O6), ferrobustamine (CaFeO6Si2), Kilchoanite (Ca3Si2O7) while the addition of lithium carbonate created lithium iron (II) silicate (FeLi2O4Si) and dilithium iron silicate (FeLi2O4Si) phases.The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) micrographs of the slag consisted mainly of Fe, Si and O while the Ca was minor. Elemental compositions obtained after analysis was used to identify the different phases in all the slag samples. The main phases identified were the same as those identified by the XRD analysis above except no phase with lithium was identified. No lithium was detected by SEM due to the design of the equipment as it uses beryllium planchets which prevent the detection of lithium.Leaching experiments were done on three slag samples (4, 5 and 6) that had lithium carbonate additions. Leaching was done for four hours using water, 1 molar HCl and 1 molar H2SO4 as leaching reagents at room temperature. Mixing was done using a magnetic stirrer. The recoveries obtained after leaching with water gave a lithium recovery of 0.4%. Leaching with HCl gave a recovery of 8.3% while a recovery of 9.4% was obtained after leaching with H2SO4.It can be concluded that the percentage of lithium recovered in this study was very low and therefore it would not be economically feasible. It can also be said that the recovery of lithium from the slag system studied in this work is very difficult because of the low recoveries obtained. It is recommended that test works be done on spent lithium ion batteries so as to get a better understanding of the possibilities of lithium recovery as spent lithium ion batteries contain other compounds unlike the ones investigated in this study.

There are a number of impurity elements present in sulphide ores that can have a deleterious effect on the properties of the final copper metal product. In this thesis, an equilibrium distribution technique was used to determine the thermodynamic behaviour of selenium and tellurium in molten slags used in copper production. Calcium ferrite based slags and copper or silver alloy were equilibrated in magnesia crucibles at temperatures of 1200 to 1400 °C and oxygen partial pressures of 10-11 to 10-0.68 atm. Under conditions typical of those employed during copper converting, the minor elements were found to enter the slag as negatively charged species. The partitioning of selenium and tellurium to the slag was greatest at high temperature, low oxygen partial pressure and at highest concentration of basic oxide (CaO or BaO). The experimentally derived data were combined with published information to calculate the selenide and telluride capacities of the slag, and also to generate fundamental thermodynamic activity data for selenium and tellurium in the slag phase. It was found that the activity coefficients of selenium and tellurium were independent of their concentration in the slag over the range studied, but were strongly dependent on the temperature, slag chemistry and oxidation state of the slag. Experiments were also designed and carried out to determine what effect the presence of iron oxide and its oxidation state has on the behaviour of selenium in the slag. A series of experiments involving iron oxide additions to a calcium aluminate slag was conducted under increasingly oxidising conditions to assess the effect of total iron on the selenide capacity as the dominant oxidation state of iron in the slag changed. It was shown that at a constant ratio of CaO:Al2O3, the selenide capacity increased with total iron in the slag. However, the effect on the selenide capacity did not appear any more significant as the Fe3+:Fe2+ ratio changed in a particular direction. 4 Another series of experiments was carried out with iron calcium silicate slags to determine the stability of phases within the slag, and how this affected the equilibrium distribution and activity coefficient of selenium in the slag. A number of solid phases were identified and their composition determined by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy and electron microprobe analysis. The composition and minor element content of the remaining liquid was calculated using a thermodynamic model. From this it was found that the capacity of the liquid slag has a region of independence against slag chemistry, before increasing strongly with increasing lime content to the calcium ferrite composition. Some of the implications of this work are discussed with reference to the practicality of adjusting the process variables in a large-scale industrial process for the purpose of managing minor element content of the molten phases. Considerations include the effect on copper recovery and rate of wear of furnace refractory materials.

This study was to investigate the effect on the conversion, long-term test, product selectivity and kinetics in oxidation of ammonia over copper catalyst supported on slag powder. The operation parameters in heterogeneous reactor were performed as follows: 1000 ppm initial concentration of ammonia, temperature of reaction in ranging from 100 ¢J to 500 ¢J, 10 % of oxygen concentration, and 80000hr-1 of space velocity. In the experiments of catalyst selection, we decided to use 15% Cu catalyst for its high conversion and selectivity in oxidation of ammonia. The conversion of ammonia in catalytic reaction increased with the increasing both of reaction temperature and influent concentration of oxygen but decreased with the going up of initial concentration of ammonia and of space velocity. In the long-term test of catalyst stability, Cu catalyst had a good stability after 48 hours reaction in heterogeneous reactor. The tests such as XRD, SEM and EA were also determined. The kinetics of heterogeneous reactor over Cu catalyst supported on slag powder in oxidation of ammonia was found that a pseudo-first order could be described by Mars-Van Krevelend model. The apparent reaction order and activated energy were obtained.

This research studies the properties of self-compacting concrete by applying bamboo-charcoal to improve the fresh concrete property, physical property and micro-scale property.Conventionally, the Pozzolanic materials used in the self-compacting concrete are fly ash and slag. They are used to replace part of the cement such that the flowing property and compacting property can reach the requirement of the self-compacting concrete. According to previous research the bamboo-charcoal can absorb part of water, and enhance the early strength of concrete. In this study, we use bamboo-charcoal to replace parts of the fine-aggregate in the mixture of self-compacting concrete. The replacement ratio is designed as 0‰,2‰,3‰,3.5‰,4‰ and 5‰. From the experimental test of fresh concrete property, we can evaluate whether the concrete mix design can achieve the requirements of self-compacting concrete. Test for the compressive strength development, water absorption and rapid chloride penetration test are performed to evaluate the physical property of concrete. In addition, the scanning electronic microscope photos are taken to examine the microstructure of the concrete. In our results, it is found that the best proportion of replacement is 3‰. The requirements of self-compacting concrete can be satisfied, and the development of strength is also good.

The harbour land fill in Halmstad has been described in the news as one of the most polluted areas in Halland County based on the a survey from the Swedish environmental protection agency. In order to identify the extent and severity of the situation several environmental investigations have been performed in this area. This report is based on available data from investigations and environmental reports from WSP, Höganäs AB, HEM and Halmstad municipality. This investigation focus on an “Area C” within the land fill where the main land fill material is i.a. slag from a steel work, construction waste, dredge spoil, waste from glass production and a casting shop. Of these material the focus have been on the metal rich slag from the steel work and its possible environmental impact. The environmental exposure of Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr, Zn, Ni, Mo and V have been calculated as an annual load from Area C. Unfortunately the data available for this investigation has not been complete, e.g. slag concentration data with corresponding leachate data was only obtained for one year. The groundwater data and land fill metal concentrations have been measured only once. This made it impossible to investigate e.g. annual variations like ageing effects of the material or weather variations, variation in the properties of the deposed slag material and statistical significance in differences could not be calculated. Further characterisation of the land fill would be worthwhile in order to be able to draw some conclusions. Calculations of the environmental load has been performed based on concentration in the slag, the land fill, the leachate data of the slag and groundwater concentrations. A model has been developed to calculate the weighted land fill metal concentration. The partitioning coefficient, Kd; between soil and liquid has been calculated and used to estimate the environmental load. It was assumed that the groundwater data was the most reliable data, which indicated that the exposure may be higher than from common soil, especially for Pb and Mo. Relating the environmental exposure values with guideline values based on MKM (less sensitive land use)-land using HQ (hazard quotient) indicates a decreasing risk in the order Pb>V>Mo. However, the exposure is well below that from MKM soil which could be assumed, according to Swedish environmental protection agency guideline values, to be an acceptable exposure.