Sunday, April 30, 2006

Analyses of waste materials

Analyses of industrial waste materials used in this series :

QIT Red Dust :

QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.
The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed into titanium dioxide slags, iron, steel billets
and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department
and has the following general formula:

FE2O3 85%
SIO2 5.0%
CAO 5.0%
MGO 1.0%
ZNO 2.0%
CARBON 2.0%
TOTAL 100%

It was 170 mesh sieved.

A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :

Red Iron Oxide 0.820
Silica 0.050
Whiting 0.060
Dolomite 0.050
Zinc oxide 0.020
Total 1.000

Slater Dust :

Slater Steels owns a steel plant in Sorel-Tracy by the name of Les Forges de Sorel, a maker of special alloyed steels often used by the nuclear industry, makers of tools and surgical instruments.
This material comes from the anti-pollution system of the steel melting department.
Slater Dust has the following general analysis :

SiO2 5.21%
Fe2O3 46.95
CaO 10.85
MgO 2.91
ZnO 30.68
PbO 3.39
Also small amounts of nickel, chromium, molybdenum, cadmium,
and manganese.

A possible substitution for 1% of this stuff is as follows :

Dolomite .135
Whiting .120
Lead bisilicate .052
Zinc oxide (calc.) .310
Silica .034
Red Iron Oxide .470
Total 1.121

Black Shino #1
















Nepheline/Syenite76
Lithium Carbonate3
Whiting1
Ball Clay17
Silica3

Bentonite3
Cobalt Carbonate1.5

Black Shino #2
















Nepheline/Syenite76
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay18
Silica3

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust8

Black Shino #3

















Nepheline/Syenite76
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay18
Silica3

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust8.5

Black Shino #4

















Nepheline/Syenite76
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay18
Silica3

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust9

Black Shino #5
















Nepheline/Syenite76
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay18
Silica3

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust9.5

Black Shino #6


















Custer Spar56
Kona F-410
Frit 311014
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay17

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust5
Slater Dust1.5

Black Shino #7

















Custer Spar56
Kona F-410
Frit 311014
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay17

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust5
Slater Dust3

Black Shino #8

















Custer Spar56
Kona F-410
Frit 311014
Lithium Catbonate3
Ball Clay17

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust5
Slater Dust4.5

Black Shino #9

















Custer Spar56
Kona F-410
Frit 311014
Lithium Carbonate3
Ball Clay17

Bentonite3
QIT Red Dust5
Slater Dust6