ASTM C182-88(1998)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Firebrick
Standard Test Method for Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Firebrick
SCOPE
1.1 This test method supplements Test Method C201, and shall be used in conjunction with that test method to determine the thermal conductivity of insulating firebrick.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are provided for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: C 182 – 88 (Reapproved 1998)
Standard Test Method for
Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Firebrick
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 182; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 5. Test Sample
1.1 This test method supplements Test Method C 201, and 5.1 The test sample shall be selected and prepared as
shall be used in conjunction with that test method to determine described in the Test Sample and Preparation section of Test
the thermal conductivity of insulating firebrick. Method C 201.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
6. Installation of Thermocouples in Test Specimen
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are provided
6.1 Thermocouples—Calibrated thermocouples shall be
for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the embedded in the test specimen at three points for measuring the
temperature. Chromel-Alumel thermocouples shall be used for
safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- temperatures below 1400°F (760°C), and above that tempera-
ture platinum-10 % rhodium/platinum thermocouples shall be
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. used. The platinum thermocouples may also be used at the
lower temperatures, but the electromotive force (emf) will not
2. Referenced Documents
be as high as when using base-metal thermocouples. Wire of
2.1 ASTM Standards: AWG 28 (0.320 mm) shall be used for making either type of
C 155 Classification of Insulating Firebrick thermocouple.
C 201 Test Method for Thermal Conductivity of Refracto- 6.2 Installation of Thermocouples— Holes for the thermo-
ries couple wires shall be drilled through the 4 ⁄2-in. (114-mm)
E 220 Method for Calibration of Thermocouples by Com- dimension of the test specimen by the use of a drilling jig so as
parison Techniques to obtain accurate placement of the thermocouples. The three
thermocouples shall be located so that the hot junction of the
3. Significance and Use
first couple is 0.20 in. (5.1 mm) below the hot face of the test
3.1 The thermal conductivity of insulating firebrick (IFB) is
specimen, the junction of the second at the midpoint, and the
a property required for the selection of IFB for a specific junction of the third 0.20 in. above the cold face. The
thermal performance. Users select brick to provide a specified
thermocouple wires leading out from the hot junctions shall be
heat-loss and cold-face temperature without exceeding the located in planes parallel to the calorimeter surface. In order to
temperature limitation of the brick. This test method estab-
have the hot junctions over the center of the calorimeter, they
lishes placement of thermocouples and the positioning of test shall be located on an axis passing through the center of and at
samples in the calorimeter. This test method must be used with
right angles to the 9 by 4 ⁄2-in. (228 by 114-mm) area of the test
Test Method C 201. specimen.
NOTE 1—Insulating firebrick that cannot be prepared to this precision
4. Apparatus
because of the structure of the product, should be prepared in accordance
4.1 The apparatus shall consist of that described in the
with the instructions for fireclay dense refractories.
Apparatus section of Test Method C 201 with the addition of
7. Set-Up of Test Sample and Silicon Carbide Slab
thermocouples, drilling jig, and refractory fiber paper as
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described in Sections 6 and 7.
7.1 Two strips of refractory fiber paper 13 ⁄2 by ⁄2 by 0.02
in. (343 by 13 by 0.5 mm) shall be placed along the 13 ⁄2-in.
1 dimension of the inner guard at the outside edges, as shown in
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-8 on
Refractories and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C08.02 on Thermal Fig. 1. Twelve strips of refractory fiber paper 2 by ⁄2 by 0.02
Stress Resistance.
in. (51 by 13 by 0.5 mm) shall be placed on the outer guard at
Current edition approved June 24, 1988. Published September 1988. Originally
published as C 182 – 43 T. Last previous edition C 182 – 83.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.03. Method E 220 specifies calibration procedures for thermocouples.
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C 182
Group 30 or 32 (see Classification C 155) insulating firebrick
cut to measure ⁄8 in. (10 mm) square and 1.00 in. (25.4 mm)
in length.
8. Procedure
8.1 Place the heating chamber in position, start the water
flowing through the calorimeter assembly, and supply the
current to the heating unit. Above a temperature of 1470°F
(800°C), the furnace atmosphere shall contain a minimum of
0.5 % oxygen with zero % combustibles. Take the atmosphere
sample from the furnace chamber proper, preferably as near the
test specimen as possible. Maintain the rate of water flow
through the calorimeter between 120 and 200 g/min, and
determine by weighing the quantity of water collected during a
measured time period. The mass of water collected shall be not
less than 200 g and shall be weighed to an accuracy of 60.5 g.
The rate of flow shall be constant within6 1 % during the test
period.
8.2 Allow the furnace to reach a condition of steady state of
heat flow (test period), which shall be that condition when the
measured flow of heat into the calorime
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