Abstract:
Means for facilitating setting and construction of furnaces, kilns, ladles and similar equipment units subjected to high temperatures, comprising a resilient, compressible, elastomeric composition composed essentially of an organic plastic containing a finely divided heat-resistant inorganic filler dispersed therein. The composition acts as a sealant and bonding agent between refractory blocks and metallic elements of construction units and has utility as an expansion joint filler. The invention also relates to refractory construction units provided with adhering elastomeric composition surface layers having heatresistant inorganic fillers adapted to act as bonding joint fillers under high temperatures of use, and method of making self-sealing refractory ceramic construction units.