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A correlation is shown between the high-temperature, physicochemical processes in basic refractories, changes and reactions in the gaseous phase, and the nature of the wear of the roof of a tunnel kiln.
As a result of dissociation, oxidation, and volatilization the waste gases are enriched with vapors of alkalis, CrO3, sulfur trioxide, and oxides of iron and magnesium, and become corrosive with respect to the kiln lining. The reaction of the oxides vapors with each other and with the lining of the roof and their condensation determines the nature of the wear in the magnesite-chromite refractories, the chemical and mineral compositions of the resulting deposits and crusts. The main source of alkalis and sulfur trioxide is the sulfite yeast dregs (sulfite lye) present in the goods being fired.
We determined the temperature relationship with the composition and amounts of deposits and crusts. Carcase and skeletal deposits and crusts formed on the firing section of the kiln, mainly periclase and spinel compositions; in the warming-up section the deposits were brittle, granulated, consisting of sulfates, chromates, chromium oxide, periclase, and spinels.
It was found that the deposits on the walls of the pores in the MKhS refractories consist of sulfates and chromates, forming solid solutions.
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Translated from Ogneupory, No. 5, pp. 13–16, May, 1980.
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Simonov, K.V., Bocharov, L.D., Nikiforov, M.M. et al. Some gas phase reactions during the firing of magnesite-chromite refractories in a tunnel kiln. Refractories 21, 232–236 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01387680
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