The Utilization of Slag in Civil Infrastructure Construction

Dr George Wang is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA. He has over 30 years of experience in special construction materials, advanced highway pavement, transportation infrastructure construction, and construction project management.

1: Introduction

2: Ferrous metal production and ferrous slags

3: Nonferrous metal extraction and nonferrous slags

4: Nonmetallurgical slags

5: Slag processing

6: Philosophy of utilization of slag in civil infrastructure construction

7: Environmental aspects of slag utilization

8: Unbound slag aggregate use in construction

9: Usability criteria for slag use as a granular material

10: Slag use in asphalt paving

11: Slag use as an aggregate in concrete and cement-based materials

12: Usability criteria for slag use in rigid matrices

13: Slag use in cement manufacture and cementitious applications

14: Case studies on slag utilization

15: Comprehensive utilization of slag as system engineering: Challenges and opportunities