REFRACTORY MATERIAL, CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE USING THE REFRACTORY MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE, AND CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD USING THE CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE

摘要

[OBJECT] In an operation of continuous casting of steel grade such as aluminum-killed steel where a nozzle clogging phenomenon is particularly likely to occur, it is intended to prevent adhesion of inclusions (typically, Al2O3) on a nozzle used in the casting operation, and clogging of the nozzle due to the inclusions [SOLUTION] A refractory material 10 is arranged to define a part or an entirety of a molten steel-contacting surface of a continuous casting nozzle, wherein the refractory material 10 contains: a CaO component in an amount of 0.5 mass% or more; one or both of B2O3 and R2O (R is one selected from the group consisting of Na, K and Li) in an amount of 0.5 mass% or more; Al2O3 in an amount of 50 mass% or more; and free carbon in an amount of 8.0 to 34.5 mass%, and wherein a total amount of CaO, B2O3 and R2O is in the range of 1.0 to 15.0 mass%, and a mass ratio of CaO / (B2O3 + R2O) is in the range of 0.1 to 3.0.