Grinding aids for granular blast furnace slag
AssigneeW. R. Grace & Co.
InventorBruce A. Lange
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Abstract
Granular blast furnace slag is interground with amine salts of aromatic group-containing carboxylic acids to enhance the efficiency of the grinding operation. In a preferred embodiment, a mixture of aromatic group-containing carboxylic acids obtained as a low cost by-product in a commercial process to produce phthalic anhydride, is utilized to prepare the amine salt grinding aid of the invention.
Claims10
The method which comprises grinding granular blast furnace slag to reduce the particle size thereof in the presence of an additive comprising a salt formed by reacting an amine and an aromatic group-containing carboxylic acid, the amount of said additive present being sufficient to enhance the efficiency of the grinding operation.
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