Vessels such as crucibles, pans, open cups and saggars, containing a monolithic ceramic material, and a ceramic matrix composite, wherein the monolithic ceramic material is an inner tart. A method for making oxide materials that can be utilized in the contact with corrosive materials and that allows for higher conversions in a given heating process.

The invention concerns thermally insulating materials comprising the aforementioned particles, a process for the preparation of these particles and materials obtained by incorporation of these particles into matrices. The present invention also concerns inorganic spherical and hollow inorganic particles with low apparent density imparting thermal properties to various types of matrices in which they are dispersed.

The invention concerns thermally insulating materials comprising the aforementioned particles, a process for the preparation of these particles and materials obtained by incorporation of these particles into matrices. The present invention also concerns inorganic spherical and hollow inorganic particles with low apparent density imparting thermal properties to various types of matrices in which they are dispersed.

A heat sink vessel is disclosed herein. The heat sink vessel includes a body and one or more heating media. The body defines an inner volume. The body includes an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion has a conical entrance for incoming flow of fluid. The middle portion has a first side and a second side. The middle portion interfaces with the upper portion of the first side. The lower portion interfaces with the middle portion on the second side. The lower portion includes an inverted perforated conical liner and a perforated plate. The inverted perforated conical liner and the perforated plate control the flow of fluid exiting the vessel. The one or more heating media is disposed in the inner volume. The one or more heating media is configured to store heat during processing.

A heat sink vessel is disclosed herein. The heat sink vessel includes a body and one or more heating media. The body defines an inner volume. The body includes an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion has a conical entrance for incoming flow of fluid. The middle portion has a first side and a second side. The middle portion interfaces with the upper portion of the first side. The lower portion interfaces with the middle portion on the second side. The lower portion includes an inverted perforated conical liner and a perforated plate. The inverted perforated conical liner and the perforated plate control the flow of fluid exiting the vessel. The one or more heating media is disposed in the inner volume. The one or more heating media is configured to store heat during processing.

An unshaped product including a particulate mixture containing: a coarse fraction, representing >50%<91% of particulate mixture, in mass percentage, and containing particles size 50 m, coarse particles, and matrix fraction, forming remainder up to 100% of particulate mixture, and containing particles sizes <50 m, product having chemical analysis, in mass percentage based on oxides of product, such: 45%<Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 7.5%<SiO.sub.2<35%, 0%ZrO.sub.2<33%, providing 10%<SiO.sub.2+ZrO.sub.2<54%, 0.15%<B.sub.2O.sub.3<8%, other oxides: <6%, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 forming remainder up to 100%, coarse fraction including more than 15% coarse particles having size >1 mm, in mass percentage based on particulate mixture, matrix fraction having a chemical analysis, in mass percentage based on oxides of matrix fraction, such: Al.sub.2O.sub.3+SiO.sub.2+ZrO.sub.2>86%, providing 35%<Al.sub.2O.sub.3.

An unshaped product including a particulate mixture containing: a coarse fraction, representing >50%<91% of particulate mixture, in mass percentage, and containing particles size 50 m, coarse particles, and matrix fraction, forming remainder up to 100% of particulate mixture, and containing particles sizes <50 m, product having chemical analysis, in mass percentage based on oxides of product, such: 45%<Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 7.5%<SiO.sub.2<35%, 0%ZrO.sub.2<33%, providing 10%<SiO.sub.2+ZrO.sub.2<54%, 0.15%<B.sub.2O.sub.3<8%, other oxides: <6%, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 forming remainder up to 100%, coarse fraction including more than 15% coarse particles having size >1 mm, in mass percentage based on particulate mixture, matrix fraction having a chemical analysis, in mass percentage based on oxides of matrix fraction, such: Al.sub.2O.sub.3+SiO.sub.2+ZrO.sub.2>86%, providing 35%<Al.sub.2O.sub.3.

Disclosed in the present invention are a corrosion-resistant refractory material, preparation method therefor, and the use thereof. In the corrosion-resistant refractory material, a material phase of the refractory material comprises corundum and one or more material phases selected from CA6, C2M2A14, CM2A8, and ZrO.sub.2. The refractory material has low a low amount of a high-temperature liquid phase, a uniform pore structure, and good thermal shock stability; can be widely used in steel-making production lines and also in the refractory linings of rotary kilns, and has good erosion resistance and low thermal conductivity, and the performance thereof is obviously superior to that of many existing refractory materials such as silico carbide-mullite bricks and magnesia-alumina spinel bricks.

A sintered refractory product having the form of a block and consisting of a granulate formed by all the grains having a size larger than 100 m, referred to as coarse grains, and a matrix binding the coarse grains and consisting of the grains having a size smaller than or equal to 100 m, the granulate representing between 45% and 90% by mass of the product, the product having a composition such that, in a mass percentage based on the oxides: Al.sub.2O.sub.3>80%, SiO.sub.2<15%, Na.sub.2O<0.15%, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3<0.05%, CaO<0.1%, the other oxides forming the remainder up to 100%, and the Na.sub.2O content in the matrix being greater than 0.010%, in a mass percentage based on the mass of the product.

A sintered refractory product having the form of a block and consisting of a granulate formed by all the grains having a size larger than 100 m, referred to as coarse grains, and a matrix binding the coarse grains and consisting of the grains having a size smaller than or equal to 100 m, the granulate representing between 45% and 90% by mass of the product, the product having a composition such that, in a mass percentage based on the oxides: Al.sub.2O.sub.3>80%, SiO.sub.2<15%, Na.sub.2O<0.15%, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3<0.05%, CaO<0.1%, the other oxides forming the remainder up to 100%, and the Na.sub.2O content in the matrix being greater than 0.010%, in a mass percentage based on the mass of the product.