API 982 - REFRACTORY INSPECTOR · PUBLICATION
API.TR.978 in the API 982 - Refractory Inspector exam
Monolithic Refractories: Manufacture, Properties, and Selection. Our API 982 - Refractory Inspector bank draws 237 of its 1,369 questions from this publication — 17% — and they cite 86 different clauses. The clause list below is counted from those questions, not copied from a syllabus.
Clauses the questions cite
The 40 most cited of 86, in document order. The number is how many questions in our bank reference that clause.
What they ask about
Free sample question from API.TR.978
What color are high-purity calcium aluminate cements typically?
- A. Black to dark grey when reduced iron oxide is present
- B. White ✓
- C. Light brown when the iron present has been oxidised
- D. Light grey when reduced iron oxide is present in the clinker
- E. Tan when the iron present has been fully oxidised
Colour runs anywhere from black through to white, depending how much iron is present and what state it is in. White generally means high purity. API TR 978, 5.2
Other publications in this exam
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