In cement production, which involves the production of cement clinker in rotary kilns, the main refractories used are magnesia-spinel bricks. These bricks may suffer infiltration by the clinker liquid phase, resulting in the corrosion of the spinel and the formation of low refractoriness mineralogical phases, such as the Q phase (C20A13M3S3), which compromises refractory performance. Thus, the aim of this work is to correlate the infiltration resistance of magnesia-spinel bricks made from different grades of magnesia by clinker collected in three different cement plants (A, B and C). The purity of magnesia, besides its physical properties, strongly influences the properties and the infiltration resistance of magnesia-spinel bricks; as such the use of high grade magnesia is essential for producing high performance refractories.
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Gonçalves, G. E., Pacheco, G. R. C., Brito, M. A. D. M., da Silva, S. L. C., & Lins, V. D. F. C. (2015). Influence of magnesia in the infiltration of magnesia-spinel refractory bricks by different clinkers. Revista Escola de Minas, 68(4), 409–415. https://doi.org/10.1590/0370-44672014680117
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