alumina refractory
1refractory — refractorily, adv. refractoriness, n. /ri frak teuh ree/, adj., n., pl. refractories. adj. 1. hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child. 2. resisting ordinary methods of treatment. 3. difficult to fuse, reduce, or… …
2Refractory — A refractory is a material that retains its strength at high temperatures. ASTM C71 defines refractories as non metallic materials having those chemical and physical properties that made them applicable for structures, or as components of systems …
3alumina — /euh looh meuh neuh/, n. the natural or synthetic oxide of aluminum, Al2O3, occurring in nature in a pure crystal form as corundum. Also called aluminum oxide. [1780 90; < L alumin , s. of alumen ALUM1 + A4] * * * ▪ chemical compound… …
4Calcium aluminate cements — [P. C. Hewlett (Ed) Lea s Chemistry of Cement and Concrete: 4th Ed , Arnold, 1998, ISBN 0 340 56589 6, Chapter 13] are cements consisting predominantly of hydraulic calcium aluminates. Alternative names are aluminous cement , high alumina cement… …
5Reverberatory furnace — A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases. The term reverberation is used here in a generic sense of rebounding… …
6Aluminium oxide — Alumina redirects here. For the company, see Alumina Limited. This article is about aluminium(III) oxide Al2O3. For other uses, see Aluminium oxide (disambiguation). Aluminium oxide …
7steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
8cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… …
9chromium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Chromium (Cr) is a brilliant, hard, refractory metal that melts at 1,857° C (3,375° F) and boils at 2,672° C (4,842° F). In the pure state, it is resistant to ordinary… …
10industrial glass — Introduction solid material that is normally lustrous and transparent in appearance and that shows great durability under exposure to the natural elements. These three properties lustre, transparency, and durability make glass a favoured… …
