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  • Question
  • Which one expands on heating?


  • Options
  • A. Silica bricks
  • B. Fireclay bricks
  • C. Both (a) & (b)
  • D. Neither (a) nor (b)

  • Correct Answer
  • Silica bricks 


  • Refractory Technology problems


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    • 1. Hollow refractory bricks are made by

    • Options
    • A. slip casting
    • B. hand moulding
    • C. pressing/machine moulding
    • D. extrusion
    • Discuss
    • 2. An insulating refractory brick should have high porosity and low thermal conductivity. Which of the following is not used for inducing porosity in the insulating refractory bricks during its manufacture?

    • Options
    • A. Cork
    • B. Saw dust
    • C. Sand
    • D. Chemically prepared foam
    • Discuss
    • 3. Roof of a basic electric furnace is made of __________ bricks.

    • Options
    • A. superduty fireclay
    • B. silica
    • C. chromite
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Fusion point of a basic refractory material is

    • Options
    • A. reduced by the addition of acid oxides.
    • B. increased by the addition of acid oxides.
    • C. not affected by the addition of acid oxides.
    • D. always less than 1000°C.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Vacuum steel degassing units are lined with

    • Options
    • A. silica bricks
    • B. low duty firebricks
    • C. high alumina bricks
    • D. graphite blocks
    • Discuss
    • 6. Outer combustion chamber of blast furnace stove is lined with __________ bricks.

    • Options
    • A. fireclay
    • B. silica
    • C. chrome magnesite
    • D. zirconia
    • Discuss
    • 7. Refractories are dried in the

    • Options
    • A. rotary kilns
    • B. tunnel kilns
    • C. sun
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Magnesite refractories are used for the construction of those furnaces, which are

    • Options
    • A. not required to resist the corrosive action of basic slag.
    • B. not subjected to fluctuation in temperature.
    • C. used for raising & maintaining high temperature.
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 9. Cermets are combination of ceramic and metallic materials due to which they have high strength & resistance to high temperature. Cermets are used in the

    • Options
    • A. hearth of the blast furnace.
    • B. nuclear reactors, missiles & space crafts.
    • C. insulation of high temperature furnaces.
    • D. roof of electric furnaces.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Skull is not formed on the carbon blocks in the hearth of a blast furnace, when it becomes cold, becaus of its

    • Options
    • A. non-wetting characteristic.
    • B. high thermal conductivity.
    • C. high crushing strength.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss


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