Trials with Portland Cement Stabilization

Blasting debris can also be incorporated as filler into asphalt and bricks. Very little is reported in the literature about these uses, in particular which chemical forms the heavy metals take, how much leaching occnrs, and how permanent the whole arrangement is. In Norway, one company, Per Vestergaard Handelsselkab, has reported sales of spent blasting media for filler in asphalt since 1992 and for filler 

Trimber, K., Industrial Lead Paint Removal Handbook, SSPC Publication 93-02, Steel Structures Painting Council, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993, 152. 

Appleman, B.R., Bridge paint Removal, containment, and disposal. Report 175, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 1992. 

Recycling contaminated spent blasting abrasives in portland cement mortars using solidification/stabilization technology, Report CTR 0-1315-3F, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Spring-field, 1995. 

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