Patent ID: 8268742

Claim:
A highly zirconia-based refractory comprising, as chemical components by mass %, from 85 to 95% of ZrO 2 in terms of inner percentage, from 3.0 to 10% of SiO 2 in terms of inner percentage, from 0.85 to 3.0% of Al 2 O 3 in terms of inner percentage, substantially no Na 2 O, from 0.01 to 0.5% of K 2 O in terms of outer percentage, from 1.5 to 3.0% of SrO in terms of inner percentage, and from 0.1 to 2.0% of Nb 2 O 5 and/or Ta 2 O 5 as a value obtained by “(Nb 2 O 5 content)+(Ta 2 O 5 content/1.66)”, in terms of inner percentage.