Application of graphite in glass production
Used in tin bath for float glass production. Mainly used to make graphite retaining wall, to prevent the glass liquid and refractory material bonding; also used for making graphite baffle, to prevent tin liquid unnecessary convection.Graphite burns at high temperatures and can be applied only in a reductive (anaerobic) atmosphere such as a tin bath.
Graphite is one of the softest minerals, and its uses include the manufacture of pencil cores and lubricants. Carbon is a nonmetallic element, located in the second cycle IVA of the periodic table of elements.
Graphite is an allotrope of elemental carbon around each carbon atom connected with the other three carbon atoms (the arrangement of a plurality of hexagonal honeycomb type) by covalent bond, covalent molecular composition. Since each atom emits an electron, the electrons are free to move, so the graphite belongs to the conductor.
The main function is:1: to prevent the glass liquid and refractory material bonding.2: prevents the tin liquid unnecessary convection.
