The microstructures of several commercial refractory bricks have been characterised using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The "direct bond" is shown to be direct at the level of resolution attainable (~0.3nm), and a significant number of such direct contacts occur between non-silicate phases in the microstructures of magnesia-chromite bricks. However, attempts to examine the direct bond in magnesia-spinel bricks were unsuccessful due to nonuniform ion thinning of TEM specimens.
Origin
University Of Sheffield, Uk
Journal Title
J Am Ceram Soc 78 7 1995 1753-1760
Sector
Refractories
Class
R 172