Microbial Growth and Calcium Carbonate Nucleation Properties in Mineral Admixtures

Table 5

Names of the solutions and bacterial solutions.

Solution type	Abbreviation	Preparation method
TSB culture solution	TSB	TSB was mixed with deionized water and then autoclaved.
TSB bacterial liquid	BL	Sporosarcina pasteurii was obtained by culturing in a TSB culture medium
Fly ash bacterial liquid	FA BL	FA BL was obtained by culturing the bacteria in a mixture of fly ash and TSB solution.
Steel slag powder bacterial liquid	SSP BL	SSP BL was obtained by culturing the bacteria in a mixture of steel slag powder and TSB solution.
Fly ash filtration liquor	FA	Fly ash was soaked in deionized water for 2 h according to the mass ratio and then filtered
Fly ash mixture	TSB FA	Naming convention followed the mass ratio (i.e., FA2% and FA4%). TSB culture was mixed with the fly ash in a mass ratio and filtered.
Steel slag powder filtration liquor	SSP	Steel slag powder soaked in deionized water for 2 h by mass and filtered.
Steel slag powder mixture	TSB SSP	Naming convention followed the mass ratio (i.e., SSP2%, SSP4%). TSB culture was mixed with the steel slag powder solution in a mass ratio and filtered.