Environmental assessment of a BOF steel slag used in road construction : The ECLAIR research program

  • Legret M
  • Chaurand P
  • Benard A
  • et al.
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Abstract

Steel production generates great amounts of by-products as steel slag. Unlike blast furnace slag, the use of Basic Oxygen Furnace slag (BOF slag) has been restrained due to insufficient volume stability and to the lack of environmental regulations. This study aimed at investigating the potential release and impact of pollutants, especially Cr and V that are present in rather high concentrations in slag, from a BOF slag used in a civil engineering structure (an industrial platform), using a multi-scale approach. The oneyear follow up of the experimental platform showed that concentrations of Cr and V were generally low in seepage waters, and in leachates from leaching test. Microanalyses carried out on slag allowed us to confirm the location of these metals in rather stable ferrous mineral phases, but V was also bound to more reactive silicates. No real toxicity effect of seepage waters has been revealed from eco-toxicological tests carried out with earthworms.La fabrication de l’acier s’accompagne d’une production d’importantes quantités de co-produits, les laitiers d’aciérie. Contrairement aux laitiers de haut-fourneau, l’utilisation des laitiers d’aciérie de conversion (laitiers LD) a été limitée en raison de leur instabilité volumique et de l’absence de réglementation environnementale. L’objectif de cette étude est d’étudier le relargage potentiel et l’impact des polluants, plus particulièrement de Cr et V qui sont présents à des concentrations assez élevées dans les laitiers, par un laitier LD utilisé dans une structure de génie civil (plateforme industrielle) à l’aide d’une approche multi-échelles.

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Legret, M., Chaurand, P., Benard, A., Capowiez, Y., Deneele, D., Reynard, J., … Bottero, J. Y. (2010). Environmental assessment of a BOF steel slag used in road construction : The ECLAIR research program. Environnement, Ingénierie & Développement, N°57-Janvier-Février-Mars... https://doi.org/10.4267/dechets-sciences-techniques.3151

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