Hydrationcracksofmagnesia-spinelbricksincementindustryhavebeenseriousproblemsforbothrefractoryproducersandrefractoryusersforalongtime.Whenmagnesia-spinelbricksarekeptformorethan6months,thebrickstendtohavereactionwithwaterormoistureandresultincracksandlossontheirstructuralstrength.Thosebrickscannotbeusedanymoreandcausesubstantiallossfortherelatedparties.In2013,theSiamRefractoryIndustryCo.,Ltd.,Thailand,successfullydevelopedandappliedaspecialnano-technologytocreate'Anti-HydrationMagnesia-SpinelBricks'forcementindustrywhichcanhavethestoragetimemorethantwoyearseveninhighhumidityareas.Thecementproducerscanensurethatallbricksstillhavegoodpropertiesasthenewones.