본 연구에서는 철강 산업 부산물인 전기 아크로에서 발생되는 슬래그(이하 EAF-slag 표기)를 탄산화 반응에 따른 슬래그이 물성변화 및 몰탈 시험을 통해 콘크리트용 대체 골재로써의 가능성을 검토하였으며, 특히 본 연구에서는 탄산화 처리에 따른 EAF-slag의 물성 변화에 대하여 논하였다. 연구 결과 EAF-slag의 탄산화 처리에 따라 EAF-slag 입자 표면에 칼사이트가 생성되면서 골재로써의 표면 기공율을 감소하였으며, pH도 7까지 안정화되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. EAF-slag를 모래 대체에 따른 몰탈 압축 강도실험 결과 EAF-slag의 모래 대체 50%의 경우 7일 강도뿐만 아니라 28일 강도 증가도 함께 관찰되었다.
The objectives of this study are focusing on the issue with efficiently recycling for EAF slag as construction material such as an aggregate of concrete. This study can be classified mainly into two categories: the first section is the carbonation treatment of Electric Arc Furnace(EAF)-slag for obtaining soundness as using aggregate of concrete. And the second section is the application of carbonated EAF-slag on the mortar test to evaluate the stability and mechanical property, which is compressive strength, according to the replacement of EAF-slag on the mortar. It was known that pH of EAF-Slagle according to carbonation time decreases drastically to 7 within several sec of carbonation, and a calcite is formed on the surface of EAF slag. The formation of calcite during the carbonation process of EAF slag lead to fill at pore in the texture of EAF-Slag surface, and than the porosity of EAF-slag decreases with carbonation process. In the mortar test, compressive strength, according to the replacement of EAF-Slag to sand on the mortar, the compressive strength of mortar increased as the 50% replacement ratio of EAF slag for sand was above 10% higher than that of reference mortar according to 50% replacement of EAF slag.
