Monalite®
Monalite® materials are "technical ceramics" manufactured from calcium silicate. Our most common type Monalite® M1A, is the lowest shrinkage calcium silicate product for aluminium casting.
Key features:
- Formulated without the use of asbestos fibres
- Thermally insulating
- Non-wetting
- Fracture tough materials
- Low shrinkage characteristics.
For billet casting it is shrinkage that is the key characteristic for long life and minimal maintenance.
Applications: Monalite® is the standard product for use in aluminium casting operations and is also used in the furnace industry and other process industries.
Availability:
| Sheet size (mm): |
1500x1220, 3000x1220 (38mm thick only) |
| Thickness (mm): |
13, 19, 25, 38, 50, 76 |
Technical Specification
Typical Product Performance
| Mechanical Properties |
| |
|
M1-A |
| Bulk density |
kg/m3 |
970 |
| Flexural Strength |
N/mm2 |
10 |
| Hardness |
[ShoreD] |
65 |
| Compressive strength at 10% compaction |
N/mm2 |
18 |
| Thermal Properties |
| Maximum service temperature |
ºC |
1000 |
| Thermal conductivity (at 750ºC) |
W/mK |
0.27 |
| Shrinkage (750ºC for 12 hrs) |
% |
0.02/0.05 |
| Length, width/thickness loss on ignition |
% |
2.7 |
| Coefficient of thermal expansion (100 - 750ºC) |
K-1 |
6.2x10-6 |
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