• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.27-36
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• 2002

This study is about the applicability of copper slag as the ground improvement material. By the geo-technical characteristics of the copper slag and by the effect of consolidation and under drainage condition, it is proved that the copper slag can be used for ground improvement material as substitution for sand. As a result of laboratory tests, it was shown that the permeability of the copper slag was similar to that of sands under the vertical drainage condition. In addition, the copper slag showed higher critical hydraulic gradient than that of sand under up-ward vertical flow state. The copper slag has potential safety against piping and it has internal stability of particles. The conclusion is that the copper slag is suitable for drainage and filter material.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.271-279
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• 2016

This study examines the properties of high-fluidity concrete after adding copper slag as a mineral admixture. For this purpose, the replacement ratio of cement to copper slag was varied to 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50%. A slump flow test, reach time slump flow of 500 mm, and a U-Box and O-lot test were conducted on the fresh concrete. The compressive strength of the hardened concrete was determined at 3, 7, 14 and 28 days. According to the test results, the workability, compaction, and compressive strength of the high-fluidity concrete increased when replacing 30% of the cement with copper slag. These parameters decreased for all material ages with more than 30% copper slag, which was the optimal mixture ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.41-48
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• 2016

It is estimated that over 2 million tons of non-ferrous wastes are generated after refining. Up to now, most researches were focused on extracting precious metals and there were very few research on the utilization of the slag byproduct. In this study, we studied to evaluate whether copper slag could be used as aggregates in concrete. Fresh mortar were evaluated on the particle size and replacement ratio of the copper slag with river-sand. Experimental results indicated that flow, air content and drying shrinkage of concrete varied with particle size, which confirmed that proper classification of copper slag is very important. And, setting time and unit weight of the concrete increased with replacement ratio. When particle size of the slag was similar to the river-sand, concrete with copper slag showed slump, air content, setting time, drying shrinkage and unit weight became larger compared to the concrete using river-sand only. Therefore, it is believed that proper classification and replacement ratio should be optimized for the effective use of slag in concrete.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.101-108
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• 2016

Each year, more than seven hundred thousand tons of copper slag are generated in Korea as a byproduct during the production of copper. Due to the large amount of copper slag produced, there has been increased interest in the use of copper slag as a construction material. To evaluate the potential of copper slag as a construction material, laboratory evaluations were conducted in this study, and three particle shapes and replacement rates of river sand were selected as experimental variables. Strength, air-void characteristics, and sulfuric acid resistance were the three properties evaluated to assess whether copper slag can be used as a construction material. Test results indicate that the gradation of copper slag has an effect on strength, and the maximum strength was achieved when 60 % of river sand was replaced with copper slag. In addition, when compared with ordinary Portland cement mortar, replacing river sand with copper slag reduced air void size and increased sulfuric acid resistance.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.189-196
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to analyze steel corrosion resistance of concrete containing copper slag. The specimens were made with normal portland cement and pozzolan materials with various replacement ratio and with W/B ratio ranging from 35% to 55%. Compressive strength, coefficient of chloride diffusion, corrosion area ratio and weight reduction ratio were determinated for the test. The results show that the concrete with pozzolan materials is superior resistant to chloride ions compared to the concrete without pozzolan materials. It was observed that blast furnace slag replacement ratio of 20% gives the best results with respect to chloride ion penetration and corrosion tests and observed that copper slag replacement ratio of 10% gives the seperior resistance compared to normal concrete.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.44-50
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• 1999

The sbdy iwestlgaled ihc propa-ties of Lhe dust\ulcorner rrom fe~~oallomya ~~ufacturTeh. e chemical composition, cornpasitlon material, p d c l e sire md shapes of the bulk dust, sired dust and magnetically separated durl were mvesligaled. As the re\ulcornerulL, we suppose that the dust from &gh Carbon Fenama~~gunesMc anuiact~vingP rocess is not sufiicient as solulce material of Mn because of ale low Mn canlenl (13.5%) and complicaled composition mate~ial. The dust from Bug F!lter or AOD Proccss is mi~inlym ade up of 0.2-2 pm Mn30, (Hausmam~iu)p iutlde in spherical shape and thc Mn content is 63.190.The dust from Cooler of AOD Process is inninly made up of coarse Ca(O1-Or)zM. n,FeyO,, SiO, and fine Mn30d.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.59-67
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• 2019

This study was conducted to fabrication pig iron containing copper and to reduce sulfur content pig iron. Roasting test was conducted for 1 ~ 9 hours at each temperature of $500^{\circ}C$, $700^{\circ}C$, and $900^{\circ}C$. In addition, the effect of oxygen partial pressure with 0.5, 0.8, and 1 atm was carried out for 30 minutes at $900^{\circ}C$. It was found that there is no effect to reduce sulfure in pig iron through roasting and oxygen partial pressures. The addition of CaO with 15 wt.% was found to reduce sulfur content up to 0.001 wt.%. The suitable temperature and reactive time for carbothermic reduction were $1600^{\circ}C$ and 30 minutes which shows the highest recovery rate of iron from the copper slag.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.162-177
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• 2020

Research was conducted to characterize the copper production and smelting process with 11 copper smelting by-products (copper slag and copper crucible) excavated from the NA and LA areas at the Gwanbuk-ri archeological site in Buyeo. Scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy, wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and Raman microspectroscopy were employed in the analysis. The research results reveal that the copper slag from Gwanbuk-ri contained silicate oxide, magnetite, fayalite, and delafossite, which are typical characteristics of crucible slag and refined slag. The outward appearance and microstructure of the slag were grouped as follows: 1. glassy matrix + Cu prill, 2. glassy matrix + Cu prill + magnetite, 3. silicate mineral matrix + Cu prill, 4. crystalline (delafossite and magnetite) + amorphous (Cu prill), 5. magnetite + fayalite, and 6. slag from slag. The copper slags from Guanbuk-ri were found to contain residues of impurities such as SiO₂, Al₂O₃, CaO, SO₄, P₂O₅, Ag₂O, and Sb₂O₃ in their microstructure, and, in some cases, it was confirmed that copper, tin and lead are alloys. These results indicate that refining of intermediate copper(including impurities) and refining of alloys of copper(including impurities) - tin and refining of copper(including impurities) - tin - lead took place during the copper production process at Gwanbuk-ri, Buyeo.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.278-279
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• 2014

This study was performed an evaluation of mechanical properties of reactive powder concrete using copper slag. So, various RPC containing copper slag were made by replacement ratio of copper slag and different the curing condition and their mechanical properties were investigated. From the experimental results, slump flow using copper slag tends to increase with replacement ratio. And also, 30% of copper slag with quartz sand was found to have a compressive strength superior to that of plain.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.74-75
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• 2013

The paper study on the mechanical properties of reactive powder concrete using copper slag. A change in the replacement ratio s of copper slag was measured compressive strength and slump flow. As a results, slump flow using copper slag tend to increase slump flow with replacement ratio. As the concrete with a replacement ratio of copper slag up to 30% was found to have a compressive strength superior to that of plain.