The increasing demand for better and cheaper refractory products has motivated the search for safer and shorter drying schedules in the refractory industry. If the drying process is not carefully controlled, the risk of explosive spalling increases considerably. The curing at low temperatures has been pointed as one of the most important factors. Nevertheless, so far, permeability, mechanical resistance and explosion tests has been evaluated separately. This work aims to correlate the former mentioned properties with the dewatering and temperature profile of castables cured at 8 ºC and 50 ºC.
refractory castable; drying; permeability
