Gamze Öztürk, M.Sc. Student
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Yıldız Technical University
Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag: A Sustainable Approach to SiO2 -Na2O-B2O3 -CaO-Al2O3-F Glass-Ceramic Coatings Production
Supervisors: İremnur Ceylan, Assoc Prof. Dr. Buğra Çiçek
Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) uses a pure oxygen gas injected into the molten metal causing the impurities to oxidize, hence BOF slag is obtained using a combination of flux and these impurities [1]. According to World Steel Association, basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag production was estimated to be 126 kg per ton of steel on average, causing serious environmental pollution [2]. In this study aim to develop sustainable SiO2-Na2O-B2O3-CaO-Al2O3-F-K2O-BaO-Fe2O3-P2O5-MnO-CoO-CuO glass-ceramic coating production to achieve a circular economy by incorporation of BOF slag. Glass-ceramic coatings are a combination of parent glass and randomly oriented submicrometric final crystals which are obtained by controlled heat treatment process of glass system with main constituents such as glass modifier, glass intermediate, glass former and adhesion and nucleation agents [3,4]. A standard glass ceramic coating and ~5% by weight the composition containing BOF slag was prepared and compared was compared in terms microstructure, chemical, mechanical, morphological, phase, thermal properties. Furthermore, BOF slag was evaluated in terms of raw material criteria utilized in the production of glass-ceramic coatings such as applicability, composition, structural integration. According to the characterizations test, use of BOF can be a successful sustainable instead of commercial raw materials.
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