Quantitative Phase Analysis of the Calcium Silicate Slag as the Residue of Extracting Alumina from High-Alumina Fly Ash

Calcium silicate slag is the residue of process of pre-desilication alkali lime sintering applied in the high-alumina fly ash to extract the alumina.The quantitative phase analysis(QPA) of the calcium silicate slag has been performed by the Rietveld method based on the powder X-ray diffraction(XRD) with the aid of noncommercial software GSAS-EXPGUI.A known weight of crystalline internal standard(10% CaF_2) was added to the calcium silicate slag to calculate the fraction of amorphous phase and other crystalline phases on an absolute basis.Besides,the calcium silicate slag was characterized by X-ray fluorescence(XRF) and thermo gravimetric(TG) differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) to test the QPA results and investigate its other characters.Finally,the results show that the amorphous fraction is 17.5%(hereinafter,the percentages refer to the mass fraction),and the major crystalline phases detected in the calcium silicate slag consist of 23.5% Beta-Ca_2 SiO_4,10.0% bredigite,10.3% Ca_3Al_2O_6(C_3A) and 21.6% CaCO_3.

Synthesis of Calcium Silicate Hydrate based on Steel Slag with Various Alkalinities

This study aimed to improve the hydraulic potential properties of the slag. Therefore, a method of dynamic hydrothermal synthesis was applied to synthesize calcium silicate hydrate. The phases and nanostructures were characterized by XRD, FTIR, TEM, and BET nitrogen adsorption. The infl uence of alkalinity of steel slag on its structures and properties was discussed. The experimental results show that, the main product is amorphous calcium silicate hydrate gel with fl occulent or fi brous pattern with a BET specifi c surface area up to 77 m2/g and pore volume of 0.34 mL/g. Compared with low alkalinity steel slag, calcium silicate hydrate synthesized from higher alkalinity steel slag is prone to transform to tobermorite structure.