Based on the analysis of existing mullite-cordierite sitalls, the need to create high-strength materials of this type for individual and local protection against high-speed loads has been determined. They should be characterized by lower cost, due to low-temperature short-term heat treatment using domestic raw materials. An important aspect of ensuring the effective protective effect of an armor-element, in addition to its armor resistance and survivability, is the ability to withstand the effects of open flame and combustible mixtures, which is determined by the thermal properties of the sitalls. The aim of this work is to study the thermal properties, namely thermal expansion coefficient and fire resistance, high strength mullite-cordierite glass-ceramics that they are developed by us earlier. The temperature coefficient of linear expansion was determined using a quartz vertical dilatometer QVD-5A (ASTM C 372-94 (2007)), fire resistance according to GOST 33000—2014.
According to X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analyzes, the experimental samples were divided into two groups according to the formation mechanism of structure and phase composition of glass materials during heat treatment. For each of the materials groups, the influence of the chemical and phase compositions on the thermal coefficient of linear expansion of the original mullite-cordierite glass materials and glass-ceramic materials (sitalls) thermally treated using two-stage heat treatment was determined. The study of the fire resistance of the developed glass-ceramic materials made it possible to establish that they withstand the thermal load in a certain mode for 360 minutes.
It has been established that providing high thermal- and fire resistance (RE 360 (h)) is a determining factor in the production of hardened glass crystalline materials that are able to resist to thermal destroying at sharp temperature change.
Investigation of the thermal properties of mullite-cordierite materials
