ORAL
| SESSION: RecyclingWedAM-R4 | 5th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Materials Recycling Processes and Products |
| Wed Oct, 25 2017 | Room: Peninsula 4 |
| Session Chairs: Teodora Retegan; Christoph Sorger; Session Monitor: TBA |
16:00: [RecyclingWedAM08]
Effect of Ferronickel Slag on the Properties of Construction Materials Izet
Ibrahimi1 ; Musa
Rizaj
2 ; Nurten
Deva
3 ; Florian
Kongoli
4 ; Edward Z.
Obrien
5 ;
1UMIB, Mitrovica, Mitrovice, Albania;
2University of Prishtina ''Hasan Prishtina'', Prishtina, Kosovo;
3Public University of Mitrovice - Isa Boletini - , Faculty of Geosciences, Republic of Kosova, Mitrovice, Kosovo;
4Flogen Technologies Inc., Mont-Royal, Canada;
5FLOGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC, Wilmington, United States;
Paper Id: 193
[Abstract] Ferronickel slags, due to their physicochemical characteristics, have good potential to improve the performance of construction materials when properly and adequately used as a component in these materials. As such, instead of being a waste that harms the environment, they can be turned into valuable materials for the construction industry assuring an efficient use of resources. As part of a bigger cooperation project with FLOGEN Technologies Inc. this paper gives the results of an investigation on the use of ferronickel slags from Ferronickel Company in Kosovo in several construction materials such as cement, asphalt, concrete, etc. The goal of the project is to determine the best recipes for the optimal use of the ferronickel slags in the construction materials in order to achieve their best physico-mechanical properties. Based on numerous laboratory analysis various mixture ratios of slag in the construction products have been studied followed by laboratory examination of the physical-mechanical properties of the corresponding mixtures. It was found that the use of ferronickel slag from Ferronickel Company can be beneficial to improve the mechanical and physical properties of all construction materials and at the same time protect the environment by turning a waste of metallurgical industry in a useful primary material for the construction industry.
