Comprehensive Utilization of Metallurgical Slag Resources
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 3411
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metallurgical solid waste; comprehensive utilization; thermodynamic; ferrous metallurgy
Interests: dust; kinetics; thermodynamic analysis; recycle; slag; solid waste
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As an important basic industry, the metallurgical industry provides important raw materials for social and economic development; however, the existing metallurgical production process inevitably produces a large quantity of metallurgical slag, and the utilization rate of the slag is still generally low. In the face of the increasing scarcity of resources, the use of these misplaced solid waste resources on a large scale with a high added value is a common concern in the industry. Due to the long production process of ferrous metals and the several varieties of nonferrous metal products, there are various types of metallurgical waste residues and significant differences in their performance, resulting in great variations in the difficulty of their utilization. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the comprehensive utilization of various types of metallurgical slags and compile an issue on the latest progress of the resource utilization of metallurgical slags, which will significantly contribute to and improve the public understanding of the output and utilization of metallurgical slags and promote the technological progress of the industry.
This Special Issue focuses on the utilization of various types of metallurgical slags, including, but not limited to, slag, dust, and sludge from the steel smelting process; solid waste from the nonferrous smelting process, such as red mud, copper slag, nickel slag, lead, and zinc slag; and aluminum ash. All contributions addressing these subject areas are invited.
Prof. Dr. Xiaoming Li
Prof. Dr. Xiangdong Xing
Prof. Dr. Yaru Cui
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ferrous metallurgical slag
- nonferrous metallurgical slag
- metallurgical dust and mud
- ferroalloy smelting slag
- resource utilization
- thermodynamics
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