Leaching assessment of air-cooled blast-furnace slag for use in road construction Sofia Lidelöw a and Mathilde Grandjean b a Division of Waste Science.

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Leaching assessment of air-cooled blast-furnace slag for use in road construction Sofia Lidelöw a and Mathilde Grandjean b a Division of Waste Science & Technology b Division of Geosciences Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Leaching assessment of air-cooled blast-furnace slag for use in road construction Working group: Researchers at LTU Steering group: 3 experts in mineral and materials technology, geotechnics and environmental geology. Industrial advisory group: SSAB, National Road Adminstration, Competent authorities Financiers: EU Regional Development Fund, National Foundations

Overall aim of the project To evaluate weathering processes of air-cooled blast furnace slag during intermittent wetting conditions and assess how these affect the leachate quality over time.

Air-cooled blast-furnace slag By-product of the iron industry routinely used as aggregate in road construction. Attractive technical properties, e.g. low density and thermal conductivity. Lower content of many trace metals than conventional rock aggregates. Laboratory leaching tests indicate low leaching of hazardous substances apart from an initial release of SO An alkaline material with high buffering capacity.

Why this investigation? 1.Most previous studies have focussed on leaching under continuously wetted conditions while materials in field applications are often subject to cyclic wetting and drying. How does this affect the weathering processes and leaching? 2.Analyses of drainages from a pilot-scale lysimeter (SGI) and full-scale road test section (LTU) in Sweden have shown large variations in pH (3-8) over time. Why?

Analyses of leachate from 2 adjacent road test sections Crushed rock (reference) Air-cooled blast furnace slag

Bulk composition of the slag 1-year old12-year old Main elements (mg/kg TS) SiO ±132.5 ±0.1 Al 2 O ± ±0.0 CaO32.9 ±130.2 ±0.0 Fe 2 O ± ±0.1 K2OK2O0.7 ± ±0.004 MgO18 ±117 ±0.1 Trace elements (mg/kg TS) As0.3 ± ±0.5 Ba740 ± ±6 S9080 ± ±110 V360 ±20430 ±2 Zn74 ±2016 ±3 1-year old12-year old Principal minerals Akermanite (Ca 2 MgSi 2 O 7 ) Monticellite (CaMgSiO 4 ) Spinel (MgAl 2 O 4 ) Trace minerals Oldhamite (CaS) Gypsum (CaSO 4 -2H 2 0)sec Calcite (CaCO 3 )sec

Hypotheses Oxidation of reduced sulphides (CaS) in the slag? CaS → H 2 S → H 2 SO 4 Total content of S = % Oxidation of reduced iron (Fe 0 ) in the slag? Total content of Fe = 0.5% → NOT likely to produce acid leachates Reactions in leachate emerging from the slag upon exposure to air? → Remains to be verified

Methodology Basic characterisation: Particle size distribution Bulk and particle densities Water absorption capacity Bulk chemical and mineralogical composition Microstructure and speciation (especially for S) Acid neutralisation potential Reducing capacity Long-term leaching tests on different size fractions: Continuously saturated conditions Intermittent wetting and drying conditions Leachate storage under various conditions

Experimental setup Continuous (tank leaching) Intermittent Air IN Air OUT Water OUT Water IN 7-day cycle Dry air Humid air Leaching (LS 0.15) Exponential cycle 0.25, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, … days

Particle size distribution <4> mm

Long-term leaching tests: pH development

Long-term leaching tests: EC development

Preliminary conclusions and Further work Oxidation of reduced sulphur or iron in air-cooled blast-furnace slag is unlikely to cause acid-leachate formation. The reason for acid leachates being observed in the field is still unclear → What happens after the leachate emerges from the material? First results from kinetic tests show tendencies towards neutralisation of pH and higher solubilisation of constituents under intermittent leaching conditions.

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