Saturday, 1 March 2014

REFRACTORIES

REFRACTORIES
@ Refractory :-

           Any material that can withstand high temperatures, without softening or suffering a deformation in shape, mainly used in crucible, ladles, kilns, furnace etc
# Character :-
- Tolerate as high temperature in which they placed
- Heat, Flame resistant
- Crackproff,  not deform easily
- Temperature variation stable
- Chemical and physical agent inert
@ Classification of Refractories :-
1. Acid refractories :-

            Having acid material like alumina and silica,
- they easily attacked by basic material
2. Basic refractories :-
               Having basic material like CaO, MgO etc
- Easily attacked by acidic material
3. Neutral refractories :-
       Made by weakly acid/base
# Properties :-
- Tolerancy :-

       Ability of refractories to withstand the heat without appreciable deformation
* Refractories expressed in term of Pyrometric cone equivalent
- Strength :-
    Refractories material must posses high mechanical strength ,even operating in high temperature
* For determining applying load R.U.L test performed
- Dimensional stability :-
        Refractories May be resistance of a material to any volume changes, and if dimension change it would be temporary or reversible
- Chemical inertness :-
       Chemically inactive in use and does not easily form fusible product with slag, fuel ashes, furnace etc
- Thermal expansion :-
      Refractories Having least possible thermal expansion
- Thermal conductivity :-
          It should have good thermal conductivity
- Resistance to erosion :-
        It should be have resistance to erosion or corrode material for better performance
- Low Electrical conducting :-
        Refractories have low electric conductivity for better performance
- Permeability :-
   No permeablility tolerate in refractories
# Failure of refractories :-
* If gives above temperature than optimum temperature
* If refractories get high thermal expansion
* Heavy weight
* When basic and acidic refractory used in basic and acid nature
@ ManufacturinG :-
1. Crushing :-

       Crushing of big large lump of raw material
2. Grinding :-
       Grinding done after crushing to change crushing material to powered form
3. Screening :-
       Purify the refractory raw material
4. Storage :-
       Screening pure material stored in storage bins
5. Mixing :-
       Mixing of desired material to raw material
6. Moulding :-
     Now moulding done by proper mechanical or physical method
7. Drying :-
       Removing of moisture from desired product
8. Firing :-
         Firing done for stabilize and strengthen their structure
@ Common Refractory Bricks :-
i) Silica Bricks :-

         Contain 90-95% SiO2 and about 2% lime is added during grinding to furnish the bond
Final product receive by cooling of cristobalite which gives tridymite,then mixture of tridymite and cristobalite gives final brick
ii) Fireclay brick :-
         Made from finely ground soft plastic material fireclay with powered calcined fireclay
# Properties :-
- light yellow to reddish brown colour
- slightly acidic character
- Quite high acidic strength
iii) High alumina brick :-
           Prepared by mixing of calcined bauxite with Clay bind
iv) Magnetic brick :-
          Prepare by calcined magneside powder with caustic magnesia
V) Dolomite brick :-
       Made by calcined dolomite with silicate binder
vi) Caustic brick :-
        Prepared by crushed coke with tar
vii) Chromite brick :-
                  Prepared by crushed chromite mixed with little Clay
viii) Carborundum brick :-
               Made by sand +coke + saw dust and salt
ix) zirconia brick :-
X) Beryllia brick
@ Cermets :-
              Hot pressed sintered material, consisting combination of ceramin and metal
# Properties :-
- High thermal conductivity
- High shock resistantance
- High shapeability
@ Insulating Refractories :-

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