A basic gunning material interfaces study

Corrosion mechanisms of various basic gunning materials were investigated using crucible tests. The low corrosion resistance of olivine-containing materials was shown to be related to melted phases formation which occurs, at the gunning material/slag interface, at high temperature. MgO-rich materials are more resistant to basic slag attack. Moreover, increasing the refractory material CaO content by means of dolomite addition rises the slag penetration resistance and lowers the bulk modification resulting from slag interaction. In these materials, the corrosion mechanism involves a slag reaction with the starting binder, (NaPO3)n, and dolomite initially contained in the gunning material. A dolomite-containing material was projected on slag-covered MgO-C bricks, using a laboratory test equipment. Investigations carried out at the gunned material/slag/bricks interface show that the suitable silicophosphate bond still forms, at interface, despite slag interaction.