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Vol. 12, No. 2, March/April 2007

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SILICA FUME AND CAC AND METHODS TO OPTIMIZE CASTABLE PLACING PROPERTIES

C. Parr, C. Wöhrmeyer, M. Iiyama and R. Roesky,

 

Vol. 12, No. 1, January/February 2007

 Patent Generation and the Technological Development of Refractories and Steelmaking by C. M. Peret, J. A. Gregolin, L. I. Faria, V. C. Pandolfelli

Vol. 11, No. 5, September/October 2006

MgO-C REFRACTORIES FOR STEEL LADLES SLAG LINE

by M. Quin, F. Santos, C. Pessoa, J. Rodrigues and V. Pandolfelli

Vol. 11, No. 4, July/August 2006

Colloidal Silica as a Nanostructured Binder for Refractory Castables

by M. Ismael, R. dos Anjos, R. Salomão and V. Pandolfelli

Vol. 11, No. 3, May/June 2006

Continuum Damage Mechanics Modeling of the Failure of Refractory Cup Under Thermal Loading and Chemical Shrinkage

by X. Liang, W. Headrick, L. Dharani

Vol. 11, No. 2, March/April 2006

Rheometric Techniques Applied to Refractory Ceramic Suspensions

by R.D. dos Anjos, M.R. Ismael, R. Salomão, V.C. Pandolfelli

Vol. 10, No. 4, July/August 2005

Vibrocast Refractories-Influence of Chamotte Grains on Thermochemical Properties
by V. A. Estani, A. D. Mazzoni and E. F. Aglietti

Vol. 10, No. 3, May/June 2005

Water Content and Its Effect on the Drying Behavior of  Refractory Castables
by F.T. Ramal Jr., R. Salomão and V.C. Pandolfelli

Vol. 10, No. 2, March/April 2005

Development of a Computer Program to Model Drying of Castable Blocks and Linings
by D. A. Bell and H. M. Winkelbauer

Vol. 10, No. 1, January/February 2005

Research on Thermomechanical Stress of Long Nozzle and Improvement Measures
by W. Zhigang, L. Nan, K. Jiangyi and L. Yourong

Vol. 9, No. 6, November/December 2004

REFRACTORY TESTING AND EVALUATION AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR BLACK LIQUOR GASIFIER APPLICATIONS
by J. Hemrick, J. Keiser, R. Peascoe, C. Hubbard and E. Lara-Curzio

Vol. 9, No. 5, September/October 2004

REFRACTORY LINER MATERIALS USED IN SLAGGING GASIFIERS
by J.P. Bennett and K. Kwong

Vol. 9, No. 4, July/August 2004

KEY PROPERTIES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF REFRACTORY CASTABLE DRYING by M. M. Akiyoshi, F. A. Cardoso, M. D. M. Innocentini and V. C. Pandolfelli

Vol. 9, No. 3, May/June 2004

 THE OPTIMIZATION OF CAC BASED CASTABLE SYSTEMS FOR WET SHOTCRETING APPLICATIONS IN STEEL LADLES P. Evangelista, C. Parr, Lafarge Aluminates, Paris, France, Chen Rong Rong, Tian Shouxin, Mou Jining, Baosteel Refractory Research, Baosteel, Shanghai, Peoples republic of China (Reprinted from ALAFAR 2002: translated by Chris Parr

Vol. 9, No. 2, March/April 2004

 EFFECT OF CURING CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTIES OF ULTRA-LOW CEMENT REFRACTORY CASTABLES Fábio A. Cardoso, Murilo D. M. Innocentini, Mario M. Akiyoshi and Victor C. Pandolfelli Department of Materials Engineering, UFSCar – Federal University of São Carlos Via Washington Luiz - km 235, 13565-905, São Carlos - SP, Brazil

Vol. 9, No. 1, January/February 2004

 RECYCLING OF INDUSTRIAL AND NATURAL WASTES TO SiAlONs by Y. Miyamoto, S. Kanehira, and M. Radwan, Smart Processing Research Center, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan

Vol. 8, No. 6, November/December 2003

 Thermomechanical Simulations of Refractory Linings . . . an Overview, Jacques Poirier, Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux à Haute Température - CNRS, ESEM, Institute Polytechnique d’Orléans, 8, rue L. de Vinci, 45072 Orléans Cedex France

Vol. 8, No. 5, September/October 2003

 The Trend of Monolithic Refractory Technology in Japan by Kakuichi Murakami, Tsugio Yamato, Yoshinobu Ushijima, Keisuke Asano, Krosaki Harima Corp. (Reprinted from the Thirty-ninth ACerS St. Louis Symposium on Refractories)

Vol. 8, No. 4, July/August 2003

 Characterization and Modeling of Glass Tank Refractories at University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) by W. Headrick, R. Moore, J. Hemrick and M. Ferber

Vol. 8, No. 3, May/June 2003

 Shotcrete Performance for Refractory Castables by R.G. Pileggi, Y.A. Marques, D. Vasques Filho and V.C. Pandolfelli

Vol. 8, No. 2, March/April 2003

 Measuring Castable Rheology By Exothermic Profile by Charles Alt, Lana Wong and Christopher Parr

Vol. 8, No. 1, January/February 2003

 Refractories For Molten Aluminum Contact Part II: Influence of Pore Size on Aluminum Penetration by Ole-J. Siljan and Christian Schøning

Vol. 7, No. 6, November/December 2002

 Refractories For Molten Aluminum Contact Part I: Thermodynamics and Kinetics by Ole-J. Siljan, Gjertrud Rian, Dag T. Pettersen, Arve Solheim and Christian Schoning

Vol. 7, No. 5, September/October 2002

 The Drying Behavior Of High-Alumina Ultra-Low Cement Refractory Castables Under Different Heating Rates, by Murilo D. M. Innocentini, André R. Studart, Mário M. Akyioshi, Antonio E.M. Paiva, Victor C. Pandolfelli, and Luis R. M. Bittencourt

Vol. 7, No. 4, July/August 2002

 Basic Shapes for Applications in Steel Ladles and Continuous Casting, by D. J. Griffin, M. Loeffelholz, D. Wagner

Vol. 7, No. 3, May/June 2002

 Application Of Calcium Aluminate Cement To Dense Low Water Demand Refractory Castables, by Christopher Parr, Benoît Valdelièvre and Christoph Wöhrmeyer

Vol. 7, No. 2, March/April 2002

Control Of Formulation And Optimization Of Self-Flow Castables Based On Pure Calcium Aluminates by Paulo César Evangelista, Lafarge Aluminoso do Brazil, Brazil, Christopher Parr, Catherine Revais, Lafarge Aluminates, France, Presented at ALAFAR ’00

Vol. 7, No. 1, January/February 2002

The Effect of Environmental Temperature Conditions on the Rheology of Deflocculated Refractory Castables, by Charles Alt, Lafarge Calcium Aluminates, USA; Christopher Parr, and Catherine Revais, Lafarge Aluminates, France, Presented at ALAFAR'00

Vol. 6, No. 8, November/December 2001

Novel Form Free Installation Method for Refractories Castables, by T. Richter, D. McIntyre

Vol. 6, No. 7, July/August 2001

Development of Insulating Dry Vibratable Refractories, by J. Y. Liu, J. R. Tabor, J. E. Doig, Allied Mineral Products, Inc., USA: Previously Published in ALAFAR

Vol. 6, No. 6, May/June 2001

Different Types of In Situ Refractories, by W. E. Lee, S. Zhang and H Sarpoolaky

Vol. 6, No. 5, January/February 2001

Versatility of Gel-Bond Castable/ Pumpable Refractories, by Subrata Banerjee

Vol. 5, No. 4, November/December 2000

Spinel Forming Castables, by T. A. Bier, C. Parr, and C. Ravain

TRI's (The Refractories Institute) 50th Anniversary, by Laurel M. Sheppard

Cathodoluminescence Applications in Refractories, M. Karakus

Vol. 5, No. 3, July/August 2000

Optimization of Aluminates Cements ... , by P. C. Evangelista, C Parr and C. Revais

Trends in Refractories Technology, Highlights of The ACERS Annual Meeting, by L. M. Sheppard

UMR CL Guru: Dr. Musa Karakus , by R. Moore

Air and Shotcrete, by W. Allen

Materials Microstructural Design Group (GEMM) at UFSCar, by V.C. Pandolfelli and J.A. Rodrigues

Vol. 5, No. 2, May/June 2000

Laser systems Help Improve Refractories Performance and Productivity, by L. M. Sheppard