Development And Characterization of Ultra Low Cement Castable Cordierites by Thixotropic Properties Mixtures.docVIP

Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, 2012, 2, 96-98 doi:10.4236/ampc.2012.24B026 Published Online December 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ampc) Development and Characterization of Ultra Low Cement Castable Cordierites by Thixotropic Properties Mixtures Ana M. Paniagua-Mercado , Arturo Méndez-Sánchez , Elvia Díaz Valdés , 1 1 1 1 2 Concepción Mejía García Depto. de Física, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Col. Lindavista, México Sector-Ceramics and Refractories, Manuchar International, México Email: ampani@esfm.ipn.mx, pestrada@.mx , Paulino Estrada Díaz 1 2 Received 2012 ABSTRACT The main target in this investigation was to take advantage of the reology properties of the tixotropic mixes in Ultra Low Cement Castables (ULCC). The cordierite phase in refractory mix can be obtained using raw materials with magnesium oxide in its composi- tion, such as, Mg(OH) or H Mg (SiO ) (Talc mineral), with a content of 63.5% SiO , 31.7% MgO and 4.8% H O. In this investiga- 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 tion, as magnesium source, a commercial calcined magnesite with 90% MgO was used. This mineral was selected instead of Talc mineral, because this last contains more impurities in its composition that tend to form more amounts of liquid phases with low fu- sion points. For this work two different ULCC mixes were designed. These were fired at 1260oC, the cordierite phase was quantified in each mix. Keywords: Reology; Thixotropic Mixtures; Ultra Low Cement Castables; Cordierite 1. Introduction the reology of ULCC and in the final physical properties [7]. There are in the market, several industrial methods and a wide of conventional raw materials to produce cordierite mixes (MgO?Al O?SiO ). The complete phase transformation is