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Steel furnace slag is a valuable, high
quality product used in construction. In some areas this material is marketed under
the name "Furnastone™". Crushed and screened to required
gradations,
steel furnace slag is also used where its unique qualities assure highest performance: |
| Maximum Durability |
| Higher Strength |
| Extreme
Hardness |
Where is steel furnace slag used?
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Aggregate Base: |
Used as unconfined aggregate
base selectively under bituminous concrete paving |
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Bituminous Concrete: |
All types of binder, wearing
courses, and skid resistant overlays |
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Rail Ballast: |
Used on main lines of major
railroads and spur track ballast for plant service |
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Specialty Applications: |
Cement manufacture |
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Soil conditioning |
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Rip-rap protection |
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Steel furnace slags are limited to
applications in which possible slight expansive characteristics would not be
objectionable. Use in bases or structural fill may require careful selection,
processing and aging.
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