Rectangular test pieces, about 1.5cm thick, 2cm. wide, and 12cm. long, were cut from 3 brands of Japanese magnesite brick, that made in Veitzsch, and Radex brick. They were placed on 2 knife edges with about 10cm. span in the authors' apparatus described in the first article on this subject to find out the relation between the central load and deflection at room temperatures by varying the load from 1 to 13kg. Then the mean deflection per kg, increase of the load was determined for each test piece and the modules was calculated therefrom. Experiments were also made on the relation between the modules and porosity as well as that between the modules and microstructure. The results seem to justify the following conclusions:
(1) In sagger clays modulus of elasticity and porosity are said to be inversely proportional. This is not always true in magnesite refractories.
(2) Tendencies are that cleavages of periclase crystals in the refractories are almost none in those portions rich in forsterite, are fine and numerous in those portions poor in forsterite, and are big and few where forsterite is almost lacking.
(3) The refractories in which periclase crystals are well developed in large and polygonal shapes are not necessarily elastic.
(4) The refractories rich in the cleavages have low modulus of elasticity. However, this can not explain whole of the phenomenon.
(5) Size of grain agrees best with the elasticity of the refractories.
(6) Roundness of the grain seems to increase the elasticity.
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