A Laboratory and Service Comparison of Indian and Kenya Kyanite Tank Blocks

JSGT 1956 V40 T003-T017

The characteristics of blocks made from Indian Kyanite were well known and it was therefore decided that the most useful results would be obtained by making a direct comparison between the properties of blocks made with Indian and Kenya Kyanite. These materials, of course, are calcined before incorporation into the blocks and at the calcination stage they are converted into mullite and silica. In this report the term 'Kyanite' is used to refer to pre-calcined Kyanite, either from India or Kenya. As it was desirable to obtain preliminary information as soon as possible, it was arranged in the first instance to compare the blocks by means of laboratory tests only.

Refractories Committee