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Grog
Options
A. contains both alumina and silica.
B. iscrushed firebrick.
C. is a non-plastic material.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
Correct Answer
all (a), (b) and (c).
Refractory Technology problems
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1. A steel member used in the furnace construction to take the thrust of the brickwork is called
Options
A. buckstay
B. breast wall
C. armouring
D. baffle
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Correct Answer: buckstay
2. Water content in ground refractory material to be shaped into bricks by hand moulding is about __________ percent.
Options
A. 5
B. 20
C. 40
D. 55
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Correct Answer: 20
3. Walls, roofs & combustion chambers of annealing furnaces are made of __________ bricks.
Options
A. high duty fireclay
B. silica
C. mullite
D. carborundum
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Correct Answer: high duty fireclay
4. Skull is not formed on the carbon blocks in the hearth of a blast furnace, when it becomes cold, becaus of its
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A. non-wetting characteristic.
B. high thermal conductivity.
C. high crushing strength.
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: non-wetting characteristic.
5. 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.
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Correct Answer: nuclear reactors, missiles & space crafts.
6. With increase in the alumina content, the refractoriness of high alumina refractories
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A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains same
D. may increase or decrease
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Correct Answer: increases
7. Thermal diffusivity of a refractory brick is high, when its __________ is high.
Options
A. density
B. specific heat
C. thermal conductivity
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: thermal conductivity
8. An indication of degree of firing in silica brick is its
Options
A. specific gravity
B. fusion point
C. RUL
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: specific gravity
9. Quartz is
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A. stable form of silica upto 870°C.
B. converted to tridymite on firing between 870 to 1470°C.
C. transformed to crystoballite on heating above 1470°C.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: all (a), (b) and (c).
10. Thoria
Options
A. has high fusion temperature (> 3000°C) but poor resistance to thermal shock.
B. has high resistance to basic slags.
C. which is expensive & radioactive, is used in crucibles for melting high purity metals.
D. all (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: all (a), (b) and (c).
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