Life cycle assessment LCA of precast concrete blocks utilizing ground
For fine aggregate the river sand of Zinda peer quarry was used whereas crushed dolomitic sandstone of Kirana Hills quarry was used as coarse aggregate The maximum aggregate size for fine and coarse aggregates are and mm respectively while water absorption values for fine and coarse aggregates are % and % respectively
Basic oxygen furnace and ground granulated blast furnace
Researchers have been investigating to utilize BOF slag effectively and some have contributed to promote that BOF slag as an aggregate can be used in concrete asphalt and road construction Xie et al 2012 However BOF slag contains high free lime about 40% which causes volume expansions which dragged many researchers attention and therefore