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SOME EFFECTS OF ZINC AND CARBON MONOXIDE ON FIRE‐CLAY REFRACTORIES *
Author(s) -
Patrick R. F.,
Sosman R. B.
Publication year - 1949
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.1151-2916.1949.tb18938.x
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , zinc , brick , graphite , blast furnace , carbon fibers , decomposition , materials science , catalysis , carbon dioxide , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , organic chemistry , composite number
A bstract No experimental proof could be obtained that zinc has any disintegrating action on blast‐furnace fire‐clay brick. Zinc and zinc oxide, however, act as mild catalysts for the decomposition of carbon monoxide to form carbon dioxide and carbon, a reaction which has been abundantly proved, when catalyzed by iron, to be a prime cause of disintegration of fire‐clay brick. The carbon deposited by the reaction is crystalline graphite.