RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF STEEL SLAG AGGREGATE

Steel slag aggregate has been used in premium surface course hot-mix asphalt for Ontario highways since the early 1970s. Asphalt pavement performance problems led to the Ministry of Transportation imposing a moratorium on the use of steel slag aggregate in late 1991. The problem has been addressed from the steelmakers producing the slag to hot-mix design and production. Steel slag can serve as good aggregate for use in hot-mix asphalt if the volume expansion of the slag is controlled. Performance-based testing of steel slag aggregate, particularly volume stability, is recommended as a measure of the aggregate quality. Practices at the steelmaker and the slag processor were examined. The production of acceptable quality steel slag aggregate requires total quality management of all steps of production.

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• Authors:
  • Farrand, Bruce
  • Emery, John
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 137-141
• Monograph Title: Environmental testing and evaluation of stabilized wastes, performance of stabilized materials, and new aggregate tests
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1486
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hot mix asphalt; Management; Production; Quality control; Slag coarse aggregates; Steel; Total quality management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• Old TRIS Terms: Steel slag aggregates
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Geotechnology; Highways; I36: Aggregates;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00713597
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 22 1995 12:00AM