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IS 13054 (1991): Quartzite/quartz for the production of

ferroalloys [MTD 13: Ores and Raw Materials]

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Indian Standard
QIJARTZITE/QUARTZ FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF FERROALLOYS — SPECIFICATION

UDC 553’546:669’168

@ MS 1991
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADtJR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
‘way 1991 Price Group 1
Ores and Raw Material Sectional Committee, MTD 13

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the
Ores and Raw Materials Sectional Committee had been approved by the Metallurgical Engineering
Division Council.
Quartzite is a major raw material in the smelting of ferrosilicon, silicon metal and silicomanganese.
A need was, therefore felt to prepare an Indian Standard for quartzite for use in submerged are furnace.
Impurities such as alumina has been restricted to allow for contribution from the reductants. Thermal
stability and mechanical strength have been considered important physical properties to ensure good
permeability of the charge column inside the submerged arc furnace for greater safety and smelting
efficiency.
No marking clause has been included in this standard since quartzite is supplied loose.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the
final value, observed and calculated, expressing the result of a test, shall be rounded off in accordance
with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘. The number of significant places
retained in rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.
 IS 13054 : 1991
Indian Standard
QUARTZITE/QUARTZ FOR THEPRODUCTION
OF FERROALLOYS-SPECIFICATION
.

1 SCOPE non-friable material with size range as follows:

This standard covers the requirement of quartzite 10 to 150 mm
suitable for the production of ferrosilicon. 3 150 10 percent, Max
-10 mm,m 5 percent, Max
2 REFERENCE
4.2.2 Thermal stability is characterised by the
The following Indian Standards are necessary proportion of + 19 mm in a 200 g sample of
adjuncts to this standard: - 25 + 19 mm size fraction which has been
subjected to heating at I 300°C for one hour and
IS No. Tide cooling to room temperature. Description should
not generate excessive fines. Accordingly, the
1387 : 1967 General requirements for the quartzite shall satisfy the following:
supply of metallurgical materials
+ 19 mm above 55 percent
1917 : 1962 Methods of chemical analysis of - 5 mm below 5 percent
quartzite and high silica sand
4.2.3 Mechanical strength after heating and
2245 : 1962 Methods of sampling quartzite cooling, as in 4.2.2, is characterised by the pro-
portion of + 5 mm after tumbling ( 100 revolu-
6495 : I 984 Method of tumbler test for iron tions in 2’5 minutes ). The tumbling test may be
oxides : lump ores, sinter and done in accordance with IS 6495 : 1984. Accor-
pellets (first revision ) dingly, quartzite shall satisfy the following.
3 SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS + 5 mm above 90 percent.
4.3 Any deviation from the norms in 4.1 and 4.2
General requirement relating to the supply of may be mutually agreed between the purchaser
different grades of quartzite for ferrosilicon and the supplier.
smelting shall be as laid down in IS 1387 : 1967.
5 SAMPLING
4 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
The representative samples of quartzite shall be
REQUIREMENT
drawn according to scheme of sampling given in
4.1 Chemical Requirement IS 2245 : 1962.
6 CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
The material when tested either in accordance
with IS 1917 : 1962 or any other established 6.1 For Individual Samples/Laboratory Samples
instrumental/chemical method shall comply with The mean and the range of test results shall be
the requirements given in Table 1. In case of dis-
pute the procedure given in the latest version of computed as follows :
IS 19 17 : 1962 for chemical analysis shall be the Mean ( p ) = Sum of individual test results
‘Referee Method’. Number of test results
Table 1 Chemical Composiiioo for Quart&e/Quartz Range ( k ) = Difference between the maxi-
mum and minimum values of
test results.
Grade Constituent, Percent
r------ A_-_-___ For declaring conformity of the lot:
SiO2 A1203 Other Oxid
? + 0’6 R’shall be less than or equal to the
Min Max Max maximum specified requirements
0’1 or
: E’ 0’25 8%
3 98 0’60 1’4 P - 0’6 R’ shall be greater than or equal to
NOTE - Upper limit of Si02 and other constituents may the minimum specified requirements.
be mutually agreed by the supplier and the purchaser.
6.2 For Composite Samples
4.2 Physical Requirement For declaring the conformity of the lot to the
requirements of characteristics tested on the
4.2.1 Quartzite shall be lumpy, free from dirt and composite sam..Le, the test cesul..~ s?&.~~sakX~ the
other foreign matter and shall be hard, dense and corresponding specified requirements.

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