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Journal Article 
A way to reduce environmental impact of ladle furnace slag 
Branca, TA; Colla, V; Valentini, R 
2009 
Yes 
Ironmaking & Steelmaking
ISSN: 0301-9233 
36 
8 
597-602 
WOS:000272053900005 
In the last decades the European steel industry has made continuous efforts to reduce residues and byproducts and to increase recycling in order to reduce its environmental impact. While some steelmaking slags have been widely characterised and, to a certain extent reused, ladle furnace (LF) slag is used in different applications because of its specific properties. The main purpose of the case study presented in this paper concerns the reduction of potential LF slag environmental impacts, because of its intrinsic physicochemical properties. During the handling and cooling of LF slag, it disintegrates into a powder due to instability of the dicalcium silicate, causing an increase in dust emissions to the environment. The approach presented in this paper aims to reduce this phenomenon in order to achieve a more sustainable solution in term of reduction of powder dispersion in the environment, of costs saving and of nuisance reduction in the surroundings areas. 
Steelmaking; Slag; Ladle furnace slag; Environmental impact; Powder; Electric arc furnace