Use of steel slag as a granular material: Volume expansion prediction and usability criteria

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 555-560

  Wang, George ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^a   Gao, Zhili ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Granular material; Highway pavement; Steel slag; Volume expansion

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VOLUME; BULK STEEL; FREE LIME; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY PAVEMENT; HYDRATION PROCESS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STEEL SLAG; THEORETICAL EQUATION; VOID VOLUME; VOLUME EXPANSION;

EXPANSION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LIME; PAVEMENTS;

SLAGS;

CALCIUM OXIDE;

AGGREGATE; COPPER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRATION; LIME; NICKEL; PAVEMENT; RECYCLING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SLAG; STEEL; VOLUME CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDRATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SLAG; STEEL SLAG; VOLUME EXPANSION;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; STEEL;

EID: 77957862492     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.071     Document Type: Article

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