IRON AND STEEL SLAG AND ITS MIXTURE
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IRON AND STEEL SLAG AND ITS MIXTURE

 This cargo may contain substances hazardous to human health such as cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium, boron and fluorine. This individual schedule shall not apply to cargoes that meet the criteria specified in 9.2.2.5 and 9.2.3.6.

Description

The main component of the cargo is a slag arising from iron and steel manufacture, and a slag mixed with one of the following additives or a combination thereof: cement, granulated blast furnace slag and concrete debris.

The cargo is mostly stabilized before transportation by ageing and slaking for the volume and/or chemical stability in practical usages, and physical properties such as the grain size, etc. are controlled for the performance requirement if necessary. The cargo is transported at room temperature.

This cargo does not include both slag residue and hot iron and steel slag discharged from iron and steelmaking processes.

The iron and steel slag is a vitrified or crystallized solid formed out of high temperature processes, and it is a mixture of several mineralogical phases.

This cargo may include shaped blocks made of iron and steel slag with a combination of cement and ground granulated blast furnace slag. The colour is in the range from greyish-white to dark grey, and the appearance is in the range from granulated, pebble to blocks. Examples of the application of this cargo are: road construction materials, concrete aggregate, soil improvement, civil engineering materials, raw materials of cement industry and raw materials for fertilizer.

Characteristics

Physical properties
Size Angle of repose Bulk density (kg/m3) Stowage factor (m3/t)
Up to 100 mm Not applicable 1,200 to 3,000 0.33 to 0.83
Hazard classification
Class Subsidiary hazard(s) MHB Group
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable A

Hazard

This cargo may liquefy if shipped at a moisture content in excess of its transportable moisture limit (TML). See sections 7 and 8 of this Code.

This cargo is non-combustible and has a low fire risk.

Stowage and segregation

No special requirements.

Hold cleanliness

No special requirements.

Weather precautions

When a cargo is carried in a ship other than a ship complying with the requirements in 7.3.2 of this Code, the following provisions shall be complied with:

  • .1 the moisture content of the cargo shall be kept less than its TML during loading operations and the voyage;

  • .2 unless expressly provided otherwise in this individual schedule, the cargo shall not be handled during precipitation;

  • .3 unless expressly provided otherwise in this individual schedule, during handling of the cargo, all non-working hatches of the cargo spaces into which the cargo is loaded, or to be loaded, shall be closed;

  • .4 the cargo may be handled during precipitation under the conditions stated in the procedures required in 4.3.3 of this Code; and

  • .5 the cargo in a cargo space may be discharged during precipitation provided that the total amount of the cargo in the cargo space is to be discharged in the port.

Loading

Trim in accordance with the relevant provisions required under sections 4 and 5 of this Code.

When the stowage factor of this cargo is equal to or less than 0.56 m3/t, the tank top may be overstressed unless the cargo is evenly spread across the tank top to equalize the weight distribution. Due consideration shall be given to ensure that the tank top is not overstressed during the voyage and during loading by a pile of the cargo.

Precautions

Persons who may be exposed to the dust of the cargo shall wear protective clothing, goggles or other equivalent dust eye-protection and dust filter masks, as necessary.

Ventilation

No special requirements.

Carriage

The appearance of the surface of this cargo shall be checked regularly during the voyage. If free water above the cargo or fluid state of the cargo is observed during the voyage, the master shall take appropriate actions to prevent cargo shifting and potential capsize of the ship, and give consideration to seeking emergency entry into a place of refuge.

Discharge

No special requirements.

Clean-up

No special requirements.

Parent topic: Appendix 1 – Individual Schedules of Solid Bulk Cargoes
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