(of a material) able to withstand high temperatures without fusion or decomposition
nounWord forms: plural-ries
4.
a material, such as fire clay or alumina, that is able to withstand high temperatures: used to line furnaces, kilns, etc
Derived forms
refractorily (reˈfractorily)
adverb
refractoriness (reˈfractoriness)
noun
Word origin
C17: variant of obsolete refractary
Examples of 'refractories' in a sentence
refractories
Zirconia-based cast refractories are widely used for glass furnace applications.
René Laquai, Fanny Gouraud, Bernd Randolf Müller, Marc Huger, Thierry Chotard, GuyAntou, Giovanni Bruno 2019, 'Evolution of Thermal Microcracking in Refractory ZrO2-SiO2 afterApplication of External Loads at High Temperatures', Materialshttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/7/1017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Electronic microscope scanning of the refractories verified the two types of damage.
Changming Liu, Di Zhou, Zhigang Wang, Dan Yang, Gangbing Song 2018, 'Damage Detection of Refractory Based on Principle Component Analysis and GaussianMixture Model', Complexityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7356189. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They were fired in similar temperatures to the ones used for production of commercial refractories.
L. P. Garcia, R. T. da Cruz, S. R. Bragança 2009, 'Uso do resíduo de catalisador de processo de craqueamento catalítico fluído de hidrocarbonetosem refratários silicoaluminosos Use of catalyst waste from hydrocarbon fluid catalyticcracking process in alumina-silica refractories', Cerâmicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132009000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Magnesia-carbon and doloma-carbon refractories were analyzed, highlighting the differences between them.
S. R. Bragança 2013, 'Corrosão de refratários utilizados na siderurgia. Parte III: caracterização de refratárioscomerciais Corrosion of refractories used in steel metallurgy. Part III: characterizationof commercial refractories', Cerâmicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132013000100005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The validation was carried out with inter-laboratory and inter-technique tests of refractories and reference materials.
A. H. A Pereira, M Venet, T Tonnesen, J. A Rodrigues 2010, 'Desenvolvimento de um equipamento para a caracterização não-destrutiva dos móduloselásticos de materiais cerâmicos Development of equipment for non-destructive characterizationof elastic moduli of ceramic materials', Cerâmicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132010000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The corrosion of refractories by sodium salts in waste liquid at high temperature has become a serious problem.
Ying Zhao, Guishi Cheng, Yu Xiang, Fei Long, Changqing Dong 2018, 'Thermodynamic Study of the Corrosion of Refractories by Sodium Carbonate', Materialshttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/11/2197. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The parameters evaluated were: particle impingement angle, line pressure, particle size and hardness, and thermal history of refractories.
V. A. A. dos Santos, F. A. O. Valenzuela, J. B. Gallo, V. C. Pandolfelli 2006, 'Fundamentos e testes preliminares de resistência a erosão em concretos refratáriosErosion resistance of refractory castables', Cerâmicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132006000300004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These heat treatments allowed for an evaluation of the use of refractories from thestandpoint of temperature and time.
Ferrari, C. R., Rodrigues, J. A. 2003, 'Microstructural features of alumina refractories with mullite-zirconia aggregates',Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidriohttp://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/651/677. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)