perfect faces and dimensional accuracy.The products made from Austrian magnesite powder were severely welded in the bottom two rows; welds were absent in the top five rows and the products had a satisfactory appearance.
CONCLUSIONSLaboratory-scale technological studies were carried out for developing the technology of periclase products based on different magnesite powders.Our studies showed the possibility of producing periclase refractories meeting the property specifications of GOST 4689-74 from certain imported powders.
INFLUENCE OF COMPLEX OXIDE ADDITIVES ON THE STRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF CORUNDUM REFRACTORIESA. E. Zhukovskaya, Fo S. Kaplan, A. A. Kortel', and E. A. Sherman UDC 666.762.11.001.4 In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the proportion of high-quality oxide refractories, including corundum [I, 2], in the overall volume of refractories production in technically developed countries.This tendency is typical of the development of the refractories industry of our country. We have developed and introduced a number of new industrial processes for making refractories based on sintered or fused corundum with a granular composition, which in contrast to processes based on the use of finely dispersed corundum enables us to carry out the production of large items, for example, slabs for the gate valves of ladles [I, 3, 4].The structure and also the technical properties of corundum refractories can be regulated by introducing various oxides and compositions based on them [5].In order to create such refractories with a grained structure, possessing a range of defined technical characteristics, studies are being carried out aimed at discovering the influence of additions of Mg, Ti and Cr oxides, and also mixtures of them, on the sintering and structure of corundum refractories [6]. Determinations have been made of the parameters of the structure, ensuring the maximum densification and strengthening of the material, and the main elements of the technology have been ascertained related to the the formation of such a structure, in particular the substance and quantitative compositions of the complex oxide additives [6].The investigations were carried out on the newly developed materials in conditions of various thermomechanical loading which showed their high "rigidity" and as a consequence low spalling resistance [7]. This considerably limited the possible regions of use of the mate ~ rials and required further improvements in their structure aimed at increasing the spalling resistance.The improvement in the structure of corundum refractories in order to increase the resistance to thermal loading is based, as a rule, on the initiation of the formation of microcracks by introducing into the structure of the materials inclusions of another phase [i, 8]. The microcracks develop on the grain boundaries, the pores, or inclusions, and contribute to the dissemination of the energy of the destructive cracks.Of great promise is the introduction to the corundum matrix of small additions o...