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Assessment of Microsilica as a Raw Material for Obtaining Mullite–Silica Refractories

Processes, ISSN: 2227-9717, Vol: 12, Issue: 1
2024
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Article Description

The possibility of using microsilica in the production of mullite–silica refractories was assessed. The chemical and mineralogical compositions of the raw materials, refractory Arkalyk clay and microsilica, were studied. It has been found that primary mullite and quartz formation occurs due to dehydration of kaolinite with the formation of intermediate metakaolinite. The introduction of alumina and microsilica into the charge composition promotes the formation of secondary mullite due to the interaction of aluminum oxide and highly dispersed chemically active microsilica. Free silica in compositions undergoes polymorphic transformations with the formation of cristobalite and tridymite. Mullite–silica refractories with an open porosity of 21%, a compressive strength of 42 MPa, and a thermal deformation temperature under the load of 0.2 MPa–1350 °C were obtained.

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Bagdaulet Kenzhaliyev; Alla Biryukova; Tolebi Dzhienalyev; Alexander Panichkin; Akerke Imbarova; Alma Uskenbaeva; Abdul Hafidz Yusoff

MDPI AG

Chemical Engineering

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