Sentence examples for slag compared to from inspiring English sources

These reductions in compressive strengths may be related to the lower specific surface area of the used slag compared to FA.

The incorporation of slag as a further PC replacement caused a further reduction in the CaO/SiO2 ratio due to the low content of CaO in the slag compared to that of PC (Table 1).

However, notable improvements were observed on physical and mechanical properties of specimens containing ground granulate blast-furnace slag compared to the control specimens.

The results indicated that the water demand reduced by almost 22% at 100% copper slag replacement compared to the control mixture.

Coals from two identical boilers, one with excessive slagging (Boiler A) and the other (Boiler B) with no slagging, were compared to understand the root cause problem.

The reduction in the main peak intensity in alkali-activated slags as compared to OPC systems can be attributed to a faster product layer formation around the slag particles immediately after the ionic concentrations in the pore solution reaches the critical value (i.e., immediately after the induction period) thereby inhibiting further reaction.

However, strength losses of concrete in accelerated ageing and freeze thaw exposures were higher for steel slag aggregate as compared to natural aggregate.

Because slag reacts much slower compared to cement, at early-ages, concrete containing slag has lower strength compared to control concrete.

With the progress of slag reaction, at late ages, concrete containing slag shows higher strength compared to plain concrete.

Because cement hydrates much quicker compared to slag, the remained cement is much less than remained slag.

Although the tests conducted in this study indicate that using steel slag results in increased aging of the asphalt mixtures, warm asphalt mixtures containing steel slag experience less aging compared to control specimens (hot mix asphalt with limestone).