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Andalusite


Product Introduction

One of the three refractory raw materials for high alumina, it has a low expansion rate (3-5%) and a moderate reaction rate of mullite. It is used for long-life low creep value bricks and as a thermal expansion agent for castables
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Product Details


Andalusite is one of the minerals in the blue crystal group, usually with columnar crystals, island shaped structures, and nearly square cross-sections. 

Color: pink, reddish brown or gray white, with a glassy luster, relative hardness of 6-7.5, and a bulk density of 3.1-3.2 g/cm3

Product Specifications

0–1 mm, 1–3 mm, 200 mesh (can be processed according to special user requirements)

Application Fields

Ceramic materials, refractories, foundry materials, silicon-aluminum alloys, crucibles and kiln furniture, precision casting, insulators, and decorative materials.

Product Characteristics

Natural crystalline raw material with high refractoriness;

High mechanical strength at elevated temperatures;

Excellent high-temperature volume stability, creep resistance, slag resistance, and acid/alkali resistance;

Superior thermal shock stability.

Physical and Chemical Indicators

Product Name

DTA-60

DTA-59

DTA-58

DTA-57

DTA-56

DTA-55

DTA-52

DTA-40

Al₂O₃ (%)≥

60

59

58

57

56

55

52

40

Fe₂O₃ (%)≤

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.8

1.2

1.3

1.5

1.5

TiO₂(%)≤

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

1.0

1.0

K₂O+Na₂O (%)≤

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

1.0

1.0

Loss on Ignition (%)≤

 1.0

Refractoriness (°C)

1800

1780

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