Standard Testing of Refractories

Xavier Buttol; Jean Pierre Erauw

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.70.21

Paper Titles

The Federation for International Refractories Research and Education (FIRE): Progress and Outcome on Education, Research and Industrial Partnership
p.1

Exploitation of Ceramic Wastes by Recycling in Alumina-Mullite Refractories
p.9

Calcium Zirconate as the Secondary Phase of Magnesia Refractories for Cement Rotary Kiln
p.15

Standard Testing of Refractories
p.21

Characterisation of the Fracture Path in ‘Flexible’ Refractories
p.30

Thermomechanical Characterization of Monolithic Refractory Castables
p.37

Mechanical Behaviour of MgO-CaZrO₃-Based Refractories for Cement Kilns
p.47

Alumina-Mullite Refractories: Prototypal Components Production for Thermal Shock Tests
p.53

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Standard Testing of Refractories

Abstract:

Refractories cover a wide range of products. With the aim to precisely describe the key product properties, end-users and refractory producers have progressively developed a common language: refractory standards. After a brief description of refractory standards history, and a synoptic overview of the present status, future prospects are illustrated by an example. The Belgian Ceramic Research Centre (BCRC) has recently launched a pre-normative research in the field of unshaped refractories. It focuses on robust methods to assess the workability and setting of hydraulically bonded unshaped products. Among the investigated methods, the so-called “exothermic profile” appears to have a high potential to become a standard for refractory producers or end-users.