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Utilization of steel melting electric arc furnace slag for development of vitreous ceramic tiles

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Steel melting through electric arc furnace route is gaining popularity due to its many advantages, but generates a new waste, electric arc furnace slag, which is getting accumulated and land/mine filling and road construction are the only utilization. This slag has been tried to be value added and utilized to develop vitreous ceramic tiles. Slag, to the extent of 30–40 wt% with other conventional raw materials, were used for the development in the temperature range 1100–1150°C. The fired products showed relatively higher density with shorter firing range and good strength properties. Microstructural and EDAX studies were also done to evaluate the developed products.

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  1. Department of Ceramic Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 769 008, India

    Ritwik Sarkar

  2. Refractories Division, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, 700 032, India

    Nar Singh & Swapan Das Kumar

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Sarkar, R., Singh, N. & Das Kumar, S. Utilization of steel melting electric arc furnace slag for development of vitreous ceramic tiles. Bull Mater Sci 33, 293–298 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-010-0045-5

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