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Nowadays, iron and steel industries are moving toward environmental sustainability through careful control of greenhouse gas emissions and appropriate management of iron/steel manufacturing residues generated. Application of fresh iron and steel slags as an alternative to standard materials has been known for a number of years around the world. It was frequently used in asphalt mixtures, other layers of pavement structure, unbound base courses, and embankments. However, several barriers, including volume expansion of blended materials and concerns about environmental impacts and social acceptance, have been encountered. In this chapter, the types of iron and steel industries are first illustrated. The physico-chemical properties of four different types of iron and steel slags, including blast furnace slag, basic oxygen furnace slag, electric arc furnace slag, and ladle furnace slag, are then illustrated. In addition, the challenges in direct use of slag in civil engineering are summarized.

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Chiang, PC., Pan, SY. (2017). Iron and Steel Slags. In: Carbon Dioxide Mineralization and Utilization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3268-4_11

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