Refractory Technology MCQs

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Vacuum steel degassing units are lined with__________________?
A. Silica bricks
B. Low duty firebricks
C. High alumina bricks
D. Graphite blocks
With increasing alumina content, the fusion point of high alumina refractories__________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. May increase or decrease; depends on its alumina content
Thoria is an expensive refractory material and is radioactive in nature. Thorium oxide is used in the manufacture of______________?
A. Segar cones
B. Muffles for muffle furnaces
C. Insulating bricks
D. Crucibles used for melting of high purity metals
Spray test determines the _____________ of refractories?
A. Resistance to slag penetration
B. Resistance to co attack
C. Rul
D. Permanent linear change
Fireclay refractories have __________________?
A. Low co-efficient of thermal expansion
B. Poor thermal spalling resistance
C. Tendency to expand unduly high during firing
D. Very high cost
Zirconia refractories are not used in_____________________?
A. Making sheaths for thermocouple
B. Lining high temperature ceramic kilns
C. Furnaces subjected to fluctuating temperature
D. High frequency induction furnaces in the form of inductors