IIT BHU Syllabus Environment, Energy and Ecology

Refractories

Different kinds of Monolithics Refractories and their design aspects. Advantages of Monolithic Refractories over

shaped Refractories. Magnesia Carbon, Alumina Carbon Refractories, Manufacturing and properties. Slide gate

plate, SEN and shrouds. Spinel, Zircon, Borides, Carbides, Nitride Refractories. Manufacturing and properties of

synthetic raw materials. Insulating refractories of different kinds, their manufacturing and properties. Carbon

Refractories manufacturing and properties. Application of refractories in Blast furnace, Coke oven, Hot metal mixer,

Basic oxygen furnace, Electric Arc furnace, ladles  and continuous casting. Refractory application in copper,

Aluminium, Cement and lime, rotary kiln, glass industry, Microstructure study and its importance to characterize

Refractory product. Application of sintering, phase diagram in refractory technology