• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 1998

The effects of MgO on the resistance to corrosion and oxidation of Al2O3-SiC-C refractory have been in-vestigated. The resistance to oxidation was improved as the amount of MgO increased. The resistance to corrosion was enhanced until 2 wt% MgO content but degraded over that content. From the dependence of temperatuer on the oxidation resistance oxidation was suppressed by the microstructural densification caused by spinel formation over 1200~130$0^{\circ}C$and the formation MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 liguid-phase over 130$0^{\circ}C$ The weight loss of specimens containing MgO with various purity at range of 95 to 99% and par-ticle size of -0.045 mm to -0.074 mm was examined. The oxidation resistance was not changed signficantly with the particle size and purity of MgO powders.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.429-435
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• 1995

Al2O3-SiC-C(ASC) refractory materials were prepared from kaolin using thermit reaction. The mixed powder (A-K) for the thermit reaction was composed of Hadong kaolin, C(graphite) and Al. A-S(SiO2＋C＋Al) composition was also employed to compare with A-K in respect to reactability. As a result of XRD patterns of A-K sample after thermit reaction, and firing at 140$0^{\circ}C$ for 3hrs in Ar atmosphere, it was possible to use as a ASC refractory materials.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.832-838
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• 1996

Thermite reaction products of MgO and Al were added to MgO-C refractory to improve the properties of corrosion against the attack of slag, oxidation and mechanical spalling. Corrosion rate of MgO-C-MgAl2O4 spinel refractory at the ratio of 3.3(CaO/SiO2) slag was smaller than that of MgO-C and MgO-C-Al refractory. The excellent corrosion resistance of the MgO-C-MgAl2O4 spinel refractory against the slag attack was appeared by Al and MgAl2O4 spinel with high melting point and corrosion resistance and the high thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion of AIN. Hot M.O.R at 140$0^{\circ}C$ and the resistance of oxidation weight loss at 90$0^{\circ}C$ were 210kg/cm2 and -12% respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.481-486
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• 1997

It was succeeded in synthesizing the $Al_2O_3$-SiC refractory powders, which is main raw material of AlSiCa, from the domestic Hadong Kaolin. The oxidation reaction of the synthesized $Al_2O_3$-SiC powder was examined. The activation energy for SiC in $Al_2O_3$-SiC powder was calculated to be $\Delta$G=74.86 KJ/mol in air, however the poor sinterability of the powders is thought to be due to the vaporization of SiC in $H_2$ atmosphere. The formation of the whisker-SiC gives the possibility in use for high temperature structural material over high temperature refractory brick.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.583-588
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• 2000

Antioxidation characteristics of carbon at high temperature with the co-addition of Al and Si powder in Al2O3-C system refractory were analyzed. The use of surface-modified phosphate carbon as a starting material was found to be very effective in improving the mixing effect of raw materials and antioxidation behavior of carbon. In particular, this effect was dominant at higher temperatures than 130$0^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.156-156
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.205-205
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• 2003

우리나라에서는 많은 양의 폐분진이 발생하며 경남지역에서는 연간 3만톤의 폐분진이 발생한다. 매년 폐기물의 발생량은 증가하고 있으며 폐분진류의 주성분은 실리카와 알루미나가 주성분을 이룬다. 특히 주조, 제강 등 금속공업에서 발생하는 분진은 입자가 미세한 다량의 실리카와 알루미나로 이루어져 있어 탄화규소(SiC) 및 알루미나-탄화규소-탄소(A1$_2$O$_3$-SiC-C)계 내화물 제조에 분쇄공정 없이 세라믹스의 원료로 활용할 수 있다. 현재 알루미나-탄화규소-탄소(Al$_2$O$_3$-SiC-C)계 내화물 제조를 위해 제조공정이 간단한 연소합성법을 이용하지만 분말제조 공정 중 분위기 조절에 많은 비용이 요구되고 있어 시급한 대안이 필요한 상태이다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.86-92
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• 1986

As there is a growing trend to make high quality steel improving production efficiency and utilizing slag as resources the technologies of hot metal pretreatment have been progressed to meet these demands. Although mill scale $Na_2CO_3$ and CaO used as fluxes proved to be excellent agents then can severely corrode refractories such as chamotte and high alumina for torpedo or open ladle car. Thus it was considered necessary to develop new refractories which can endure suchy conditions. Desulfurization fluxes vastly used in POSCO are $CaCO_3$ and CaO Recent trials have been made by testing phenol resin bonded $Al_2O_3-SiC-C$ bricks in torpedo ladle car for hot metal pretreatment. The results showed that the life of this brick became about 1.2 times longer than that of foreign products. And the crushing strength M.O.R corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance were tested.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.279-285
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• 1998

The $UO_2$ pellets are usually sintered under hydrogen gas atmosphere. Hydrogen gas may cause unexpected early failure of the refractory bricks in the sintering furnace. In this work, nitrogen was mixed with hydrogen to investigate the effect of nitrogen gas on a failure machanism of the refractory bricks and on the microstructure of the $UO_2$ pellet. The hydrogen-nitrogen mixed gas experiments show that the larger nitrogen the mixed gas contains, the less the refractory materials are reduced by hydrogen. The weight loss measurements at $1400^{\circ}C$ for fire clay and chamotte refractories containing high content of $SiO_2$ indicate that the weight loss rate for the mixed gas is about half of that for the hydrogen gas. Based on the thermochemical analyses, it is proposed that the weight loss is caused by hydrogen-induced reduction of free $SiO_2$ and/or $SiO_2$ bonded to $Al_2O_3$ in the fire clay and chamotte refractories. However, the retardation of the hydrogen-induced $SiO_2$ reduction rate under the mixed gas atmosphere may be due to the reduction of the surface reaction rate between hydrogen gas and refractory materials in proportion to volume fraction of nitrogen gas in the mixed gas. On the other hand, the mixed gas experiments show that the test data for $UO_2$ pellet still meet the related specification values, even if there exists a slight difference in the pellet microstructural parameters between the cases of the mixed gas and the hydrogen gas.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.44-51
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• 2022

In the steelmaking process using an electric arc furnace (EAF), light-burnt dolomite, which is a flux containing MgO, is used to protect refractory materials and improve desulfurization ability. Furthermore, a recarburizing agent is added to reduce energy consumption via slag foaming and to induce the deoxidation effect. Herein, a waste MgO-C based refractory material was used to achieve the aforementioned effects economically. The waste MgO-C refractory materials contain a significant amount of MgO and graphite components; however, most of these materials are currently discarded instead of being recycled. The mass recycling of waste MgO-C refractory materials would be achievable if their applicability as a flux for steelmaking is proven. Therefore, experiments were performed using a target composition range similar to the commercial EAF slag composition. A pre-melted base slag was prepared by mixing SiO₂, Al₂O₃, and FeO in an alumina crucible and heating at 1450℃ for 1 h or more. Subsequently, a mixed flux #2 (a mixture of light-burnt dolomite, waste MgO-C based refractory material, and limestone) was added to the prepared pre-melted base slag and a melting reaction test was performed. Injecting the pre-melted base slag with the flux facilitates the formation of the target EAF slag. These results were compared with that of mixed flux #1 (a mixture of light-burnt dolomite and limestone), which is a conventional steelmaking flux, and the possibility of replacement was evaluated. To obtain a reliable evaluation, characterization techniques like X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry were used, and slag foam height, slag basicity, and Fe recovery were calculated.