The production of Portland cement can be characterized as harmful to nature and human society, resource and energy consuming. The use of by-products of metallurgical and chemical production in obtaining a hydraulic binder is a relevant and promising direction. binder for strengthening and stabilizing the soil of the road base The article investigates the regularities of the initial hardening processes of finely ground slag occurring during structure formation as a result of activation with alkaline solutions and sodium silicates.

Keywords: granular slag, normal density, setting time, activation, awakening of hydraulic activity, binder, hardening