| Title: |
Synergic valorization of nickel-chrome plating sludge via alkali activation of steel slag and fly ash: performance analysis. |
| Authors: |
Mishra, Anant1 (AUTHOR) p20190420@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Tyagi, Gaurav2 (AUTHOR) GAT101@pitt.edu; Khare, Srishti1 (AUTHOR) p20190019@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Lahoti, Mukund1 (AUTHOR) Mukund.lahoti@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Singhal, Anupam1 (AUTHOR) anupam_singhal@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Routroy, Srikanta3 (AUTHOR) srikanta@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Bhunia, Dipendu1 (AUTHOR) dbhunia@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in; Sachs, Steven G.2 (AUTHOR) sgs15@pitt.edu; Rotta Loria, Alessandro F.4 (AUTHOR) af-rottaloria@northwestern.edu |
| Source: |
Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy. Jul2025, Vol. 27 Issue 7, p2759-2777. 19p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Fly ash; *Metal wastes; *Hazardous wastes; *Hazardous waste site leaching; Construction slabs; Alkalinization; Mechanical behavior of materials; Activation (Chemistry) |
| Abstract: |
Nickel–chromium plating sludge (NCPS) is a hazardous waste due to high concentration (~ 25%–30%) of chromium and nickel. Electric arc furnace slag (EAFS) is a by-product of secondary steel manufacturing through the electric arc furnace route. In this work, we valorized NCPS in an innovative ambiently cured alkali-activated NCPS-Fly ash-EAFS mortar (ANFEM). NCPS substituted the binder from 0 to 25% (by weight) in the step size of 5%. The binder composition had EAFS/fly-ash = 1.0, activator/binder = 0.45, silicate/hydroxide = 2.5. Incorporation of NCPS in ANFEM resulted in several benefits such as successful NCPS immobilization, improving the flash setting and flowability issues of alkali-activated EAFS and minimal degradation in mechanical properties. Microstructural investigation by XRD, FTIR, SEM offered insights on the underlying mechanisms of NCPS valorization and corroborated the observed results of compressive strength, water absorption, bulk density, acid resistance, and surface porosity test. At 10 wt% substitution of NCPS, ANFEM produced optimum results, such as compressive strength of 40 MPa; Wabs enhancement by 4.2%; bulk density reduction by 1.1%; and the least acid-induced deterioration. Extensive leaching tests determined leachate's heavy metals concentration to be well-within the permissible limits. Factory scale deployment of developed methodology produced paver blocks well-satisfying Indian Standard Code 15,658: 2006. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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