To characterize the physical and mechanical properties of carbon-bonded Al 2 O 3 -C filter materials at room and high temperature up to 1600°C, the influence of the amount of binder and the development of the microstructure during coking were analyzed. The bulk samples were manufactured through a slurry route and afterwards pressed uniaxially. The amount of Carbores ® P binder was varied within 5 to 30 wt.% and the samples were coked at temperatures of 800°C and 1400°C. Afterwards, the physical (bulk density, open porosity, shrinkage and mechanical properties (cold crushing strength (CCS), cold modulus of rupture (CMOR), refractoriness under load) were determined. The CCS and CMOR values increased with increasing binder content and the results of the refractoriness under load tests show lower thermal expansion and earlier softening of the samples coked at 800°C.
Carbon-bonded alumina with 33 wt% residual carbon was tested in compression at room temperature and at temperatures between 700°C and 1500°C in quasi-static tests, creep tests, and stress relaxation tests. Therefore, a new high-temperature test set up with inert gas chamber and inductive heating was used. The tests were accomplished by investigations of microstructure and Young's modulus. At room temperature, the results exhibit a pronounced hysteresis for the first loading cycle, which almost completely disappeared in subsequent cycles. The creep tests showed characteristic curves for compression whereas primary and secondary (stationary) creep occurred. Above 1000°C, a strong increase in creep rate was detected, whereas almost no creep was observed below this temperature. All creep curves were approximated with the models of logarithmic and Andrade creep. The activation energy for creep was found to be 263 kJ/mol above 1150°C. The resistance against stress relaxation showed an anomaly with a minimum between 1000°C to 1200°C and a maximum between 1300°C and 1400°C.M. Rigaud-contributing editor Manuscript No. 37046.
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