Study on Characteristics and Manufacture of Heat-Resisting Diatomite Protection Tube for Probe Used in Steelmaking Process

A heat-resisting diatomite protection tube, using diatomite as a main component, was manufactured through an extrusion molding of ceramic slurry in different component ratios. And its mechanical strength, carbon analysis and microstructural non-homogeneity were investigated. After fixing $60wt\%$ of porous diatomite whose particle size was $50\~100\;{\mu}m$, the optimum mixture ratio with composition variables by changing $1\;wt\%$ of each component that was silica sol$(4.3\~7.3\;wt\%)$ as an inorganic binder, CMC (Sodium CarboxyMethyl Cellulose $(6\~9\;wt\%)$) as an organic binder and paper powder$(4.7\~7.7\;wt\%)$ was obtained. As a result of the investigation on a composition containing $60\;wt\%$ diatomite, $5.3\;wt\%$ silica sol, and $7\;wt\%$ CMC, a heat-resisting protection tube that could be used as a molten steel probe for measuring the temperature and components of molten steel was developed. The bending strength, compressive strength, and elastic modulus of the protection tube developed, that contained $\le2.3\;wt\%$ carbon, were 7.1 MPa, 7.5 MPa, and 1090 MPa, respectively.

용융금속 프로브용 규조토 내열보호관의 제조 및 특성연구

규조토를 주원료로 사용한 서로 다른 조성비의 세라믹 슬러리를 압출성형하여 내열보호관을 제조하고, 기계적 강도, 미세구조, 탄소분석을 하였다. 입도가 $50\~100\;{\mu}m$ 다공성 규조토를 $60wt\%$로 고정하고, 조성물 변수로써 유$\cdot$무기바인더로 silica sol$(4.3\~7.3\;wt\%)$, CMC(Sodium CarboxyMethyl Cellulose $(6\~9\;wt\%)$) 및 paper powder$(4.7\~7.7\;wt\%)$를 $1\;wt\%$씩 변화시켜 최적의 배합비를 얻었다. 시편의 특성을 조사한 결과, 규조토 $60\;wt\%$에 silica sol $5.3\;wt\%$, CMC $7\;wt\%$를 첨가하였을 경우, 꺽임강도 7.12 MPa, 탄성율 1090 MPa, 압축강도 1.47 MPa, 탄소 $2.3\;wt\%$ 이하로 철강산업에서의 온도$\cdot$성분측정 및 sample 채취를 할 수 있는 용융금속 프로브용 규조토 내열보호관을 제조할 수 있었다.