Utilization of ferrochrome slag in concrete production

Abstract

Ferrochrome slag is waste resulted from the manufacture process of ligature melting. It is a porous material of dark grey-green colour with 2530 kg/m3 density and the open pores size from 1mm to 5 mm. After crushing crushed slag possesses the following characteristics or properties, namely: the least grain coarseness is 20 mm, the largest one is 120mm, the needle and plane grain content is 25.5%, so it refers to ordinary group of crushed stone, its crushability grade is M800, attrition grade AI and frostproofness is F25. Screenings or riddlings obtained by crushing and fractioning of slag possess gradation factor 2.9 and it refers it coarse sand group of class II. Concrete mixes have been investigated by using granite aggregates and ferrochrome ones. It is determined that mixes containing ferrochrome aggregate are stiffer than the traditional ones. In this case strength characteristics of the experimental concretes are 1.7 times higher than those of the traditional concretes. When evaluating approximate cement consumption for concrete made of ferrochrome slag aggregates it was established that such concrete possesses strength of B30 class, but by using granite aggregate in the concrete mix result in strength of B20 class. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.