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Bricks -- Expansion and contraction<br />Bricks -- Thermal properties<br />Silica<br />Titanium dioxide
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Effect Of Titanium Dioxide As A Mineralizer In Silica Brick, Henry Clay Brassfield
Effect Of Titanium Dioxide As A Mineralizer In Silica Brick, Henry Clay Brassfield
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"The magnitude of the thermal expansion of silica brick and its inability to withstand rapid temperature changes gives rise to problems of considerable importance in the manufacture of silica brick. In firing the silica brick, mineralogical changes occur in the quartzite from which the brick is made, in which minerals of lower specific gravity are formed. This results in a permanent expansion of the brick. These mineralogical changes have been thoroughly studied and considerable information is known on the different forms of silica produced at the higher temperatures. If the conditions of firing are such that these changes have progressed …