Transactions of the INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Vol. 16 1957
REFRACTORIES USING SERPENTINE AND
DUNITE AS RAW MATERIALS :
PART II-STUDY OF THE PACKING CHARACTERISTICS
OF FORSTERITE GROG
* V. K. MOORTHY, M. RAMAKRISHNA RAO & RABINDAR SINGH
Pages : 77-93
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1957.10877736
Abstract
The packing characteristics of forsterite grog have been studied with a
view to arriving at a suitable particulate composition for producing refractory
bricks under commercial conditions. A modification of Westmans apparatus
was used/or determining packing densities. -5 + 7 B.S.S. mesh was chosen
as coarse and- 72 as economically attainable fines. On the basis of
the experiments it was found that a mix consisting of 45 per cent of - 5 + 7
fraction, 25% of -36 +52 fraction and 30% of - 72 fraction, gave a packing
density of 2.44 gms./cc. This value did not vary for slight alterations of the
particulate composition and was considered satisfactory.