{"id":331,"date":"2023-06-11T21:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=331"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:47:08","slug":"q-steel-slag-can-be-the-material-for-which-of-the-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-steel-slag-can-be-the-material-for-which-of-the-following","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Steel slag can be the material for which of the following?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Construction of base road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improvement of agricultural soil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Production of cement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Steel slag, a by-product of steel making,&nbsp;<\/strong>is produced during the separation of the molten steel from impurities in&nbsp;<strong>steel-making furnaces.<\/strong>&nbsp;Steel slag can also be produced by<strong>&nbsp;smelting iron ore in a<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>basic oxygen furnace.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the&nbsp;<strong>ingredients of asphalt is steel slag,<\/strong>&nbsp;a<strong>&nbsp;by-product of the steel and iron production processes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asphalt roads&nbsp;<\/strong>are made of a mixture of aggregates, binders, and fillers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The aggregates are typically iron or steel slag, sand, gravel, mixed with asphalt that&nbsp;<strong>produces bitumen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bitumen, produced by the refineries,&nbsp;<strong>plays an important role in road construction<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steel slags can be used in several activities, such as&nbsp;<strong>construction and paving, and also in the agricultural sector<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steel slag has the ability to correct soil acidity,<\/strong>&nbsp;as it contains some&nbsp;<strong>nutrients for the plants<\/strong>&nbsp;and also as&nbsp;<strong>silicate fertilizer<\/strong>&nbsp;that is capable of providing silicon to the plants.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steel slag, another waste from the Iron &amp; Steel Industry, has shown potential for use as a raw mix component up to 10% in the manufacture of cement clinker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steel slag can also replace granulated blast furnace slag up to 10% in the manufacture of Portland Slag Cement. 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