Effect of selected organic additives on the properties of magnesia-chromite refractories

The addition of carbon nanomaterials influences the variety of properties, of cementitious composites. Despite the multiple researches in the topic of properties of the hardened cement materials the influence of the Mutiwall Carbon Nanotubes [MWCNT] on rheological parameters of the cement mortars is not sufficiently described. Research shows that rheological properties of cement mortars with the MWCNTs, determined with the use of Viscometer NT, proved to be strongly dependent on the sonication time and amount of MWCNT, added. Increase of sonication time of MWCNT suspension with surfactant and decrease of amount of MWCNT caused increment in fluidity while yield stress parameter and plastic viscosity parameter decreased.