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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume 3

February 25-26, 2019 | Paris, France

Materials Science and Engineering

International Conference on

Making non-fired brick using induction furnace and electric arc furnace steel slag

Upoma Saha, Md Afzal Hossain

and

Fahmida Gulshan

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

lagisamajorwasteproductinsteelindustries.Itisconsidered

as hazardous waste that requires a large place for dumping.

Induction furnace slag and electric arc furnace slag were used

in this study for making bricks. Cement, lime, gypsumandwater

were used along with the crushed dried slag for making the

bricks. Without firing, they were produced only by applying

forming pressure of 1000 psi, 2000 psi and 3000 psi and cured

under water for different time period of 7 days, 14 days and 28

days. Also the slag percentage was varied to 0%, 10%, 25% and

50%. Their compressive strength, water absorption, porosity

and density were measured. The compressive strength of

different compositions showed ten to twelve times higher result

compared to the conventional burnt clay bricks. In comparison,

electric arc furnace slag bricks revealed higher compressive

strengththantheinductionfurnaceslagbricks.Waterabsorption

percentage was also very low compared to conventional clay

bricks. They showed results with high density with low porosity.

Our main purpose in this research was to prevent environment

pollution and utilize a waste product as a recycling element.