| abstract |
A ceramic and a method of forming a ceramic including milling steel slag exhibiting a diameter of 5 mm of less to form powder, sieving the powder to retain the powder having a particle size in the range of 20 µm to 400 µm, removing free iron from the powder with a magnet, heat treating the powder at a temperature in the range of 700 °C to 1200 °C for a time period in the range of 1 hour to 10 hours and oxidizing retained iron in the powder, compacting the powder at a compression pressure in the range of 20 MPa to 300 MPa, and sintering the powder at a temperature in the range of 700 °C to 1400 °C for a time period in the range of 0.5 hours to 4 hours to provide a ceramic. |