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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
Refractory bricks having lower porosity have_________________________?
A. High insulating properties
B. Low heat capacity
C. Low thermal conductivity
D. Greater strength
Which one contains minimum percentage of SiO2 ?
A. Firebrick
B. Sillimanite
C. Semi-silica
D. Aluminous firebrick
Chromite refractories are_____________________?
A. Acidic refractory
B. Neutral refractory
C. Basic refractory
D. Fired at a temperature of 600°C only
Silicon carbide refractories are used in the _____________?
A. Muffle furnace
B. Zinc smelting furnace
C. Ceramic recuperators
D. All A., B. and C.
Hollow refractory bricks are made by___________________?
A. Slip casting
B. Hand moulding
C. pressing/machine moulding
D. Extrusion
Pick out the wrong statement?
A. Insulating refractories used in place of regular refractory bricks are usually called light weight
refractories, and they have similar composition as heavy bricks
B. Graphite refractories are also called plumbago refractories
C. Superduty fireclay bricks correspond to a pyrometric cone equivalent of 26-28
D. Calcined magnesite is also called dead burnt magnesite
Which of the following is not an acidic refractory?
A. Silica bricks
B. Fireclay bricks
C. Bauxite bricks
D. Magnesia bricks
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