Screen LibraryMetallurgical slags : environmental geochemistry and resource potential /
"Metallurgical slags are generated as a by-product of smelting during ironmaking, steelmaking, and the production of ferroalloys and non-ferrous metals. The formation conditions result in complex chemical and mineralogical characteristics unique to slags alone. Historically slags have been disc...
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Royal Society of Chemistry,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chemistry in the environment series,
number 2 |
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"Metallurgical slags are generated as a by-product of smelting during ironmaking, steelmaking, and the production of ferroalloys and non-ferrous metals. The formation conditions result in complex chemical and mineralogical characteristics unique to slags alone. Historically slags have been discarded as a waste product and, through release of potentially toxic trace elements, represent a hazard to the environment and human health. However, increasingly we are realizing the resource potential of what was previously thought of as waste, thus reducing the environmental impact and taking a step closer to a circular economy. This book is a definitive reference on the environmental geochemistry and resource potential of metallurgical slags by summarizing processes for the generation of slags, describing their chemical and mineralogical characteristics, outlining the fundamental geochemistry that propels slag weathering, and illustrating the utilization of slags. Particular attention is given to the value of slags in modern society as they are widely used as construction materials in civil engineering, and as an irreplaceable filter in sequestering excess nutrients, pathogens, metal and/or organic contaminants, and even greenhouse gases. The latest developments on recovering residual valuable metals in slags, including new techniques for extracting by-product elements needed for green and frontier technologies, are revealed. This book is essential reading for environmental geochemists, geologists, metallurgists, mining and civil engineers, waste and resource managers, and all those interested and inspired by a circular economy and minimizing our environmental footprint on planet Earth."--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 305 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781788018876 1788018877 9781839164583 1839164581 9781839164576 1839164573 |
| Index Number: | TN707 |
| CLC: | TF111.17 |
| Call Number: | TF111.17/P582 |
| Contents: | Introduction: metallurgical slags - environmental liability or valuable resource? / Nadine M. Piatak and Vojtěch Ettler -- Metallurgical overview and production of slags / Elias Matinde and Joalet D. Steenkamp -- Geochemistry and mineralogy of slags / Nadine M. Piatak, Vojtěch Ettler and Darryl Hoppe -- Weathering of slags / Jakub Kierczak, Anna Pietranik and Nadine M. Piatak -- Slag leaching properties and release of contaminants / Vojtěch Ettler and Martina Vítková -- Environmental impact of slag particulates / Vojtěch Ettler and Jakub Kierczak -- Diverse applications of slags in the construction industry / Ivanka Netinger Grubeša and Ivana Barišić -- Environmental applications of slag / Helena I. Gomes, William M. Mayes and Rebecca Ferrari -- Secondary metal recovery from slags / Anna Potysz and Eric D. van Hullebusch. |