API 982 - REFRACTORY INSPECTOR · PUBLICATION
API.TR.980 in the API 982 - Refractory Inspector exam
Monolithic Refractories: Installation and Dryout. Our API 982 - Refractory Inspector bank draws 238 of its 1,369 questions from this publication — 17% — and they cite 133 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 133, 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.980
Over what temperature range is the ceramic bond usually achieved?
- A. 600 deg F (315 deg C) to 1000 deg F (540 deg C)
- B. 1000 deg F (540 deg C) to 1600 deg F (870 deg C)
- C. 1600 deg F (870 deg C) to 2500 deg F (1370 deg C) ✓
- D. 2500 deg F (1370 deg C) to 3000 deg F (1650 deg C)
- E. 3000 deg F (1650 deg C) to 3200 deg F (1760 deg C)
Ceramic constituents sinter and vitrify, and the bond that comes out of it holds its strength at temperature. That happens somewhere between 1600 deg F and 2500 deg F. API TR 980, 6.3.2
Other publications in this exam
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