Study of aluminosilicate refractories after operation in the presence of fluorine-containing wastes

Samples of aluminosilicate refractory after operation in the shaft and in the hearth of a coke-gas cupola were investigated; this cupola was used for smelting of cast iron with spheroidal graphite using carbon wastes from aluminium electrolysis production as a reducing agent. Use of only fluorine-containing carbon wastes as a solid fuel in cast iron production allows to utilize hazardous man-caused wastes, improves the economic performance of production and has influence on resistance of fireclay refractories. the fireclay refractory was established, due to migration of these gaseous phases into the working space of the cupola with their subsequent removal with furnace gases. Additional development of mullite in certain zones of refractory was revealed, resulting by its synthesis from alumina that did not react during fireclay refractories manufacture under the mineralizing action of a fluorine compound. Use of fluorine-containing carbonaceous wastes as a solid fuel in cast iron production makes it possible to utilize hazardous man-caused wastes, improves the economic performance of production and has slight effect on resistance of aluminosilicate refractories in the conditions of a coke-gas cupola.