A Bogue approach applied to BOF slag

Abstract

An industrial by-product of the steel industry called basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag has recently undergone extensive research for high-end applications outside of road load and landfill. In contrast to the Bogue methodology used with regular Portland cement, BOF slag lacks a quick and straightforward quantitative phase analysis procedure that would allow it to be employed as a high-end raw material. The main phases of BOF slag (C₂S, C₂(A,F), Ff, RO-Phase, and f-C) can be calculated using the method presented in this paper based on chemical composition.