Granulated Blast Furnace Slag | Fly Ash | Natural Pozzolan |
Steel
plants have to sacrifice the quality and quantity to produce
good quality slag. |
Fly-ashes are inferior in quality. | Natural Pozzolan is uniform in
quality over large areas and no surprises are encountered
while assuring high quality. |
Left
over iron ore, lime stone and coal, can vary from ton to ton
in chemical composition. |
As the waste of coal-fired power plants, fly ash is inconsistent in chemical composition. | |
Gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulfur
gases are trapped inside the slag. |
Fly-ashes normally contain excess amounts of carbon
dioxide and sulfur-trioxide. |
Natural Pozzolan has no such gases trapped inside due to natural cooling process over an indefinite timeline. |
Slag cement is well known for its slowness in developing
its compressive strength. |
Fly-ashes are inferior in control of alkali-aggregate reaction. | Natural Pozzolan with cement is excellent in achieving late strength and concert. |
Slag is inferior in reactivity with the calcium hydroxide
produced by cement hydration. |
Fly-ashes are far inferior in reactivity with the calcium-hydroxide | Natural Pozzolan is unique in uniformity and high reactivity with calcium hydroxide. |