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A study of the solubility of pure slag minerals
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Sustainable Process Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9297-8521
SSAB EMEA, Luleå.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Sustainable Process Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1511-8020
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Sustainable Process Engineering.
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2013 (English)In: Minerals Engineering, ISSN 0892-6875, E-ISSN 1872-9444, Vol. 41, p. 46-52Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Large amounts of oxidic by-product are annually produced by the steel industry worldwide. By far the largest in volume is slag, generated from different stages of steel production. In order to avoid landfilling, steelmakers usually try to process the slag into useful resources that can be used externally. However, leaching of different metals can sometimes be a problem. Since steel slags are a mixture of numerous types of minerals, the solubility of each mineral will affect the outcome of the leachability. The aim of this study was to investigate how six common slag minerals behave during dissolution. Mayenite (Ca12Al14O33), merwinite (Ca3MgSi2O8), akermanite (Ca2MgSi2O7), gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7), γ-dicalcium silicate (γ-Ca2SiO4) and tricalcium aluminate (Ca3Al2O6) were synthesized and their dissolution was evaluated through titration using HNO3 at constant pH. Acidic to alkaline pHs (4, 7 and 10) were selected to investigate the solubility of the minerals under conditions comparable to those prevailing in newly produced slags, and one pH value, representing acid conditions. It can be concluded that all six minerals behave differently when dissolving and that the rate of dissolution is generally slower at higher pH values, which are normal in the case of steelmaking slags. At pH 10, the solubility of merwinite, akermanite and gehlenite is considered low. The dissolution of γ-Ca2SiO4 is not affected in the same way as the other minerals when the pH is changed.

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2013. Vol. 41, p. 46-52
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Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
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Process Metallurgy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-3287DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.10.004ISI: 000314014300007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84870316482Local ID: 11900643-d1fc-4c07-817c-568ccaa7dc01OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-3287DiVA, id: diva2:976144
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Validerad; 2013; 20121206 (andbra)Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2018-07-10Bibliographically approved

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