{"id":24699,"date":"2026-09-13T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24699"},"modified":"2026-09-13T18:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:12:16","slug":"steel-slag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/steel-slag\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Slag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Steel Slag Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has set the Guinness World Record with World\u2019s Longest Steel Slag Road at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Steel Slag<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steel slag is an <\/span><b>industrial byproduct<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> obtained from the <\/span><b>steel manufacturing industry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced in large quantities during steel-making operations <\/span><b>that use electric arc furnaces.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be produced by smelting <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iron-ore\/\" target=\"_blank\">iron ore<\/a> in a basic oxygen furnace.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Composition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Primarily, slag consists of <\/span><b>calcium, magnesium, manganese<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>aluminium silicates and oxides <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in various combinations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cooling process of slag is responsible mainly for generating different types of slags required for various end-use consumers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Steel Slag<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Environmental Remediation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has found <\/span><b>use as a barrier material remedy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for waste sites where heavy metals tend to leach into the surrounding environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steel slag forces the heavy metals to drop out of solution in water run off because of its high oxide mineral content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been used successfully to <\/span><b>treat acidic<\/b> <b>water discharges from abandoned mines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can replace coarse aggregate due to a higher impact and crushing strength, and better anti-skid capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It favours the <\/span><b>increase of pH and the availability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of nutrients such as Calcium, Magnesium, and Silicon in the soil, which leads to an increase in the absorption of these elements by the plant, favouring crop growth and yield.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/india-sets-guinness-world-record-with-worlds-longest-steel-slag-road-in-chhattisgarh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steel slag is a byproduct of steelmaking containing calcium, magnesium, manganese and aluminium compounds. 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