Two – dicalcium silicate and dicalcium aluminoferrite – contained vanadium, whilst the free lime (calcium oxide) and refractory oxide did not. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis revealed that ...

Using slag on wheat plants deters rabbits from eating, and consequently damaging the plant. Calcium silicate gives the leaves a bitter taste, putting the bunnies off their food. Studies show that ...

X-ray diffraction identified various minerals in the slag sample, including a form of calcium silicate called larnite. ... the calcium-silicate-hydrate (CSH) cement precipitation process dominated.

The calcium oxide then reacts with silica (sand) impurities in the haematite, to produce slag – which is calcium silicate. This is separated from the iron and used to make road surfaces.