Patent ID: 6284688
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: C04B,F27D,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
A substantially dry, self-hardening, thermally activated refractory composition comprising a particulate refractory material, an inorganic binder having chemically or physically bound water associated therewith and an element or compound which will react exothermically with the inorganic binder, characterized in that the composition contains 70% to 95% by weight of particulate refractory material, 1% to 15% by weight of the inorganic binder, including the chemically or physically bound water and 1% to 15% by weight of the element or compound which will react exothermically with the inorganic binder; and wherein the inorganic binder has physically bound water associated therewith and comprises micro-encapsulated sodium silicate solution or micro-encapsulated aqueous aluminum orthophosphate solution.