Blast Furnace Slag Analysis

Blast furnace slag analysis is a common and essential part of the iron production process. Blast furnace slag—a by-product of iron and steel production—has many valuable applications in industry, including as a component of cement, insulation, base aggregates, and much more. For this reason, the collection, analysis, and resale of blast furnace slag is the norm for almost all iron production operations. The ability to determine the elemental composition of the slag is crucial in terms of meeting quality and specification requirements for sale of the by-product to other industries, because the elemental composition of blast furnace slag is vital to assessing its suitability for particular industry applications (different chemical compositions are useful in different industry applications, and different industries require slag of different composition).

Of equal importance is the role of chemical composition of blast furnace slag to process control of the iron production process itself. The fast, accurate, cost-effective elemental analysis of blast furnace slag is therefore a key component of quality and process control in the iron production industry. X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a commonly used, cost-effective, user-friendly method for analysis of blast furnace slag.

Blast Furnace Slag Analyzer: The Benchtop XRF Analyzer

The Benchtop XRF Analyzer is an industry leader in XRF analysis of blast furnace slag, as well as other process control applications in the iron and cement industries. Able to simultaneously analyze for all elements of interest (Mg, Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, etc.) from 100% down to ppm levels, feature-rich and easy-to-use, Benchtop XRF represents the best value in XRF.