An alumina kiln shelf that has cracked during firing

Friday 23rd January 2015

This is due to its inability to withstand thermal gradients across its width. Typical insight-live.com/glossary/82">sintered alumina is refractory, but it is not thermal shock resistant like tabular alumina. The inner part of the shelf was being protected from the rising heat because of this heavy, slow-to-rise calcimine vessel on top of it. The moment of the crack was so dramatic that, in spite of the weight on top of it, the shelf blew apart leaving 4 pieces with an inch-gap separating them.

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Calcined Alumina, Thermal shock

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