简介:Thecorrosionofrefractoriesresultsfromreactivetransport,namely,transportofagentsandchemicalreactionsoftheseagentswithimpregnatedmedium.Ononehand,thetransportinvolveseitherdiffusionorimpregnationdependingonthestateofthecorrosiveagentsandthemicrostructureofthehostmedia.Ontheotherhand,chemicalreactionsmaybeverynumerousandcomplex.ThisstudyfocusedonthereactiveimpregnationofAl2O3-CaOslagintoporoushighaluminarefractory.Thetransportpropertiesoftherefractorymaterialwereidentifiedbymeansofadedicatedcapillaryrisingtest.ChemicalreactionsbetweenthesolidhighaluminaskeletonandAl2O3-CaOslaginvolvesuccessivedissolution/precipitationmechanismsformingaluminatesoflime.Contrarytothethermodynamicpropertiesofthebinarysystem,thekineticsofthesesolid/liquidreactionsisnotwellknown.Corrosiontestsassociatedwiththequenchingmethod,XRDanalyseswereperformedforabetterunderstandingofthekinetics.Theresultsofthisstudyopenupacouplingapproachforpredictingthecorrosionwearofrefractory.
简介:β-sialon/alumina/silicamixturesweresinteredinflowingnitrogenat1500℃and1600℃respectively.ThesinteringpropertiesandmorphologyofsampleswereinvestigatedbySEM,EDSandXRD.Resultsshowthatsinteredpropertiesofthesamplesareinfluencedbysoakingtemperaturesandcompositions.Bulkdensitiesofsamplesareincreasedwiththeincreaseofthesoakingtemperature,whereastheapparentporositiesaredecreased.Masslossofthesinteredsamplesat1500℃islowerthanthatat1600℃,butallthemasslossremainsapproximatelyconstantwiththeincreaseofsialoncontent.Fromthepointofthermodynamicanalysis,ComplexchemicalreactionstakeplaceinsamplesduringsinteringprocessandthevolatileofSiO(g)isresponsibleforthemasslossofsamples.Comparedtocrosssectionmicrostructureofβ-sialon/Al2O3/SiO2mixturessinteredincokepowderbedconsistingofthedensecenterwithwell-developedcolumnofsialonphase,thetransitionalpartwithneedlelikegrainnitrogen-containingphaseandtheloosepartwithshortgranularAl2O3phase,thoseofmixturessinteredinflowingnitrogenisofwell-developedsialonindensecenterandslightlyloosepartwithsialondebris.
简介:MgO-Al2O3-Cr2O3rammingmixesmadeofdifferentrawmaterialshavedifferentmineralstructureanddifferentphysicalpropertiesthoughwiththeidenticalparticlesizedistribution,thesameamountofbinderandchemicalcomposition.Theresidualcarboncontentofthefusedmagnesia-chromematerialmadeinreducingatmosphereisveryhigh,ifthismaterialsisusedintheMgO-Al2O3-Cr2O3rammingmix,itwouldcausespallingofthefurnaceliningduringdrying-out.
简介:Thisworkinvestigatedthethermo-gravimetric(TG)changeandexplosionresistanceofultra-lowcementAl2O3-SiO2castablesaddedwith0,5%,10%,15%and20%of≤74μmrawbauxitepowderscontaining72.8%Al2O3,respectively.Thecastableswerepreparedusingwhitefusedaluminaasaggregate,powdersofwhitefusedalumina,fusedmullite,α-Al2O3ultrafines,3%CAcementand5%microsilicaasthematrixportion.TGchangeofthecastableswasinvestigatedbyathermo-gravimetricanalyzerforlargesizespecimen.Whentherawbauxiteadditionislessthan10%,themass-losingbehaviorofthecastablesissimilartothatwithoutrawbauxite,tendingtoreachaconstantmassaround400℃,beforewhichthemass-lossismildandproducinglittledestructiveinfluence.Withmorethan10%rawbauxiteaddition,however,themass-lossincreasessignificantly,andthetemperaturetoreachaconstantmassincreasesto600℃orhigher,unfavorabletostructuralstabilization.Withtherawbauxiteadditionupto20%,nonegativeinfluenceonexplosionresistanceisfound.
简介:AnO'-Sialon-Al2O3compositerefractorywaspreparedbyinsitureactionofSi3N4-ZrSiO4-Al2O3mixturewithfusedaluminaaggregates.Densification,insitureactionprocedureandmicrostructureofthematerialwereinvestigatedbymeansofX-raydiffraction,opticalandscanningelectronicmicroscopesandEDAX.