Quantifying of a dynamic refractory wear test setup for MgO-C products

The induction furnace test is one of the most common used refractory wear testing methods for MgO-C products. Due to the high oxidation rates in the ITO test setup and the significant changes in slag chemistry the test method sometimes gives results which cannot be compared to the field. For a general “Yes or No” decision this test is suitable for testing MgO-C refractories, determination of small differences in performance of MgO-C products, which is especially important for the development of new grades, is hardly possible. Due to that the application of a supplementary testing method was tested at the Chair of Metallurgy (Montanuniversitaet Leoben).