Slag Aggregate an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A synthetic aggregate may also be the byproduct of manufacturing and a final burning process—blast furnace slag is an example of a synthetic aggregate. Briefly, blast furnace slag is formed when iron ore or iron pellets, coke, and a flux (such as limestone, CaCO 3, or dolomite, CaCO 3 ·MgCO 3) are melted together in a blast furnace. When the