简介:Zirconiagraphiterefractoryisusedasacore-nozzleinthethin-stripcastingofsteel.Post-mortemanalysisofusedrefractorywasperformedinanefforttoestablishthefailuremechanism.CorrosionbehaviorwasstudiedagainstmoltensteelwithMnO-SiO2basedliquidinclusions.CorrosionofthesematerialsinvolvesdissolutionandoxidationofgraphiteinthematrixfollowedbypenetrationofliquidslagleadingtodegradationofZrO2particles.Thermodynamicequilibriumcalculationswereperformedtostudythiscorrosionmechanism.
简介:Simplethree-pointbendingtestatambienttemperaturecharacterizedthemechanicalbehaviorofburnedAl2O3-Crefractoriesbeforeandafterthermalshockinassociationwiththeprocessingparameters(graphitecontentandcokingtemperature,etc.).Theresultsshowedthatnon-linearplastic-elasticbehaviorunderloadlowerthancoldmodulusofrupture(CMOR)wasregisteredinallspecimensandreallinearelasticbehaviorcouldbeidentifiedafterthefirstload.Thetotaldeformationcouldbedividedintotwoparts,plasticandelasticareas.ThegraphitecontentandjointbondingsystemofcarbonandceramicphaseswereresponsibleformechanicalbehaviorofAl2O3-Crefractories.
简介:Hexagonplate-likeAl8B4C7powdersweresuccessfullysynthesizedusingamixtureofdiborontrioxide,activatedcarbonandaluminumoraluminabyacarbothermalreductionprocess.TheeffectofAlsourceandstartingmaterialsadditionsonsynthesisofAl8B4C7wasinvestigated.ThephasecompositionandmicrostructureofAl8B4C7powderwerecharacterizedbymeansofXRD,SEMandEDS.ThemainphasecompositionsoftheproductssynthesizedfromAl,B2O3andactivatedcarbonareAl8B4C7andAl2OC.Al2O3canreplaceAltosynthesizeAl8B4C7.Al8B4C7grainssynthesizedfromAl2O3,B2O3andactivatedcarbonarehexagonplate-likeandhaveathicknessof10μmandasizeofabout100μm.