This invention discloses a method for preparing a lightweight
spinel-
corundum-
aluminate refractory material. First, by simulating the
microstructure of sintered magnesia, a multiphase material is constructed with magnesia-
alumina spinel as the main crystalline phase and
calcium aluminate as the intergranular and secondary crystalline phases. This results in a
spinel-
calcium aluminate-
calcium disaluminate multiphase material with controllable crystalline phase distribution and pore composition. Next, using this multiphase material as aggregate and
corundum-spinel as the matrix, the materials are batched according to a specific
particle size distribution, pressed into shape, and fired at high temperature. By introducing the spinel-calcium aluminate-calcium disaluminate multiphase material and utilizing calcium
ion migration, this invention enables the preparation of a lightweight spinel-
corundum-aluminate
refractory material with microporous aggregate and a dense matrix. The material's load-
bearing capacity at both
room temperature and high temperature is not lower than (or even higher than) that of heavy
refractory materials of the same material. This synergistically improves the
thermal insulation, high-
temperature load-
bearing capacity, and resistance to media
erosion of this type of lightweight refractory material.