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ABSTRACT
19 Claims, No Drawings
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED
APPLICATIONS
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these materials, (b) silicon carbide, (c) fumed silica, (d) alu
minum metal, (e) an anti-oxidant selected from boron car
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bricks, and pressed shapes. One skilled in the art Would appre
ciate the need to adjust for pot life and forming sequences to
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binder systems.
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cal potential.
EXAMPLE 1
Suitable metals for the binder include, but are not limited
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fume silica are very ?ne and spherical, enabling other con
stituents to How better When mixed With Water. The very ?ne
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present invention:
TABLE 1
Description
Alumina,
Alumina,
Alumina,
Alumina,
BroWn
BroWn
BroWn
BroWn
Fused
Fused
Fused
Fused
3/s" + 3
3 + 6
6 + 16
16 + 50
Mesh US
Mesh US
Mesh US
Mesh US
50 Mesh US
100 Mesh
200 Mesh
Weight %
14.935
14.935
16.595
6.638
11.053
4.978
12.446
2.323
2.323
A1 Metal/V-120 Valimet
Silicon Metal, RG98
325 Mesh US
200 Mesh US
0.498
0.730
d5O = 2.711
d50 = 1.311
6.638
2.489
100 Mesh US
200 Mesh US
1.991
0.996
0.030
Vitrafos (Sodium
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invention.
0.123
Ultrazine NA
0.050
0.199
0.030
Hexametaphosphate)
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100.000
*Pitch is co-ground at 80% With 20% clayto reduce the tendency ofthe pitch to fuse together
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spalling during dry-out. In a gas evolution test, a graduated
EXAMPLE 3
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bonded castables.
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and crack the castable. The hydrolysis also destroys the poW
ders in their metallic form so the bene?cial high temperature
reactions no longer take place.
After the test the bars are cut in half and the dark core area
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2. The refractory mixture of claim 1, comprising
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%
2
%
3
%
4
%
5
%
60.0
61.25
60.105
61.335
64.3
22.5
22.5
22.5
22.5
17.4
6.0
0.5
0.75
6.0
2.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
9.195
9.195
materials;
b) at least 10 Wt % and at most 25 Wt % silicon carbide;
c) at least 2 Wt % and at most 8 Wt % fumed silica;
d) at least 0.1 Wt % and at most 1.5 Wt % aluminum metal;
e) at least 0.25 Wt % and at most 1.5 Wt % silicon;
f) at least 5 Wt % and at most 15 Wt % reactive alumina; and
g) at least 1 Wt % and at most 6 Wt % of a carbon-bearing
6.0
0.5
0.75
6.0
9.195
9.195
10.0
3.3
2.0
magnesia.
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.03
0.03
0.2
0.2
pitch poWders
Dead burned MgO, 200
mesh
Sodium
0.12
0.12
0.1
Ultrazine NA
Boric Acid
0.025
0.03
0.025
0.03
0.05
Polypropylene Fibers
0.10
0.10
0.05
Hexametaphosphate
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TOTAL DRY
100.0
Water Added, %
Colloidal Silica (40%
3.75
100.0
100.0
100.0
8.0
8.0
100.0
3.75
5.00
solids) added, %
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TABLE III
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(ASTM C1445)
Hot MOR, psi (ASTM C583)
At 2700 F.
742
500
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122
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0
32
0
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Wt % to and including 1 Wt %.
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15 Tap FloW, %
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15
37
0
19
0
Wt %.
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tially of:
a) a substance selected from broWn fused alumina, bauxite,
andalusite, tabular alumina, mullite and combinations of
What is claimed:
article, comprising
these materials;
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these materials;
b) silicon carbide;
c) fumed silica;
d) aluminum metal;
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f) reactive alumina;
g) a carbon-bearing material selected from carbon black,
h) additives.
b) silicon carbide;
c) fumed silica;
d) aluminum metal;
e) an anti-oxidant selected from boron carbide, silicon and
combinations of these materials;
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