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Hazardous bauxite red mud and ferrous slag management to produce sustainable construction materials

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This paper reports the development and characterization of new ceramics from hazardous bauxite red mud (50 to 100 wt. %) and blast furnace slag (10 and 50%). The research aimed to demonstrate the possibility of expanding the base of powder raw materials for production of ceramics, completely replacing the traditional clay and sand with composites made from hazardous industrial wastes, which provide increasing local and global sustainability. The investigation of the physical–chemical changes in the ceramics structure was conducted by the AAS, XRD, SEM, XRF, LAMMA, and EDS tests. Changes in water absorption, density, linear shrinkage, and flexural strength were determined while the sintering processes ranged from 1000° to 1225 °C. Flexural strength reached 19.78 MPa after sintering at 1225 °C due to the syntheses of new structure formations, mainly similar to glass, confirmed by the characterization methods used, attesting to the complete binding of heavy metals.

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The authors are thankful to the staff of the Laboratory of Minerals and Rocks (LAMIR) of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil, for their strong technical assistance during this research.

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All co-authors meet criteria for authorship and ensure appropriate acknowledgements made in the manuscript: VM—author of the idea, developer of the plan of the experiments, participant of all stages of the research, corresponding author. KA—performer of LAMMA analyses, co-author of this manuscript. WK – sintering of the test samples. DEP—bibliographical revision and performer of XRD analyses. CLP—bibliographical revision and performer of SEM analyses. FHP—performer of all types of laboratory experimental works, co-author of this manuscript. KQC – performer of all laboratory experimental works, co-author of this manuscript. CWIH—performer of all types of laboratory experimental works, ceramics’ sintering, co-author of this manuscript. REC—bibliographic studies, performer of all types of laboratory experimental works, co-author of this manuscript.

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Mymrin, V., Alekseev, K., Klitzke, W. et al. Hazardous bauxite red mud and ferrous slag management to produce sustainable construction materials. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 25, 1549–1559 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01629-4

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