Technical feasibility of bauxite-enhanced vitrification for utilizing AOD slag as a supplementary cementitious material
Authors: Shaowen Wu, Yanling Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Wei Ren, Zhi Sun
The utilization of bauxite-vitrified argon–oxygen decarburization (AOD) slag as a supplementary cementitious material is explored as an alternative approach for recycling unmanageable AOD slag and reducing the CO2 emission levels. The results demonstrate that AOD slag can be effectively vitrified by incorporating 15wt% bauxite as the alumina source, facilitating the formation of a stable glass phase. The resulting vitrified product exhibits excellent properties, such as initial and final setting