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  • Question
  • 'Super refractories' are made from pure


  • Options
  • A. carbides
  • B. oxides
  • C. borides
  • D. nitrides

  • Correct Answer
  • oxides 


  • Refractory Technology problems


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    • 1. Fireclay refractories have

    • Options
    • A. low co-efficient of thermal expansion.
    • B. poor thermal spalling resistance.
    • C. tendency to expand unduly high during firing.
    • D. very high cost.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is not an acidic refractory?

    • Options
    • A. Silica bricks
    • B. Fireclay bricks
    • C. Bauxite bricks
    • D. Magnesia bricks
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which is the most stable crystalline form of silica at room temperature?

    • Options
    • A. Quartz
    • B. Cristobalite
    • C. Tridymite
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Except __________ , all other refractories are bad conductors of electricity (i.e, have low electrical conductivity).

    • Options
    • A. fireclay
    • B. carborundum
    • C. graphite
    • D. chromite
    • Discuss
    • 5. __________ nozzles are used in continuous casting of steel,

    • Options
    • A. Zircon
    • B. Thoria
    • C. Carborundum
    • D. Beryllia
    • Discuss
    • 6. Chromite refractories are

    • Options
    • A. acidic refractory.
    • B. neutral refractory.
    • C. basic refractory.
    • D. fired at a temperature of 600°C only.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Spalling resistance of a refractory can not be increased by

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    • A. increasing its porosity.
    • B. using a coarser grog during its manufacture.
    • C. decreasing its thermal co-efficient of expansion.
    • D. making it denser.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Alumina-graphite bricks are used for lining the

    • Options
    • A. slide gate in teeming laddies.
    • B. continuous casting systems.
    • C. both (a) and (b).
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Zirconia refractory

    • Options
    • A. does not react with basic slags.
    • B. is produced from baddeleyite.
    • C. can not be used as an insulator.
    • D. has poor electrical conductivity at high temperature.
    • Discuss
    • 10. With increasing alumina content, the fusion point of high alumina refractories

    • Options
    • A. increases.
    • B. decreases.
    • C. remains constant.
    • D. may increase or decrease ; depends on its alumina content.
    • Discuss


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