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THE METHOD OF SELECTING REFRACTORIES FOR MARINE PURPOSES OF THE NAVY 1
Author(s) -
Norton H. H.,
Porters R. L.
Publication year - 1924
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1924.tb18259.x
Subject(s) - navy , boiler (water heating) , environmental science , coal , forensic engineering , marine engineering , engineering , aeronautics , waste management , history , archaeology
Trouble was experienced with refractories when oil fuel supplanted coal in the furnaces of naval boilers. The selection of refractories for naval oil‐fired boiler furnaces done at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is described. The Navy's test for refractories (chemical analysis, fusion point determination, and the Simulative Service Test). The Simulative Service Test.—Description of, and its value in obtaining satisfactory refractories. The Navy's “Acceptable List of Refractories.” The results of the Simulative Service Test (about 26% of the refractories submitted passed).