Fly Ash, Slag, Silica Fume, and Natural Pozzolans, Chapter 3
SLAG Ground granulated blastfurnace slag (Fig. 35), also called slag cement, is made from iron blastfurnace slag; it is a nonmetallic hydraulic cement consisting essentially of silicates and aluminosilicates of calcium developed in a molten condition simultaneously with iron in a blast furnace. The molten slag at a temperature of about 1500#176;C