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2005 Vol. 10 No. 2 March/April

Industrial Minerals HandyBook 4th Edition

A Guide to Markets, Specifications and Prices By Peter W. Harben Each mineral has it’s own Market Profile in this book, including main downstream products or derivatives and is illustrated with tables and figures including: the distribution of world minerals production, total world mineral production, conversion tables, chemical conversions and more, to give you an “at-a-glance” guide to key information. Regions covered include: North and South America, Central America and Caribbean, East and West Europe, Augtralisia, Middle East, Africa. To order the Industrial Minerals Handybook: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7827 9977; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7827 5290; Email: books@indmin.com or web: www.indmin.com

 

BBC ReportLGB-273 Kiln Furniture

The kiln furniture industry plays an important role in today’s economy by providing the way to fire not only materials for manufacturing crockery and heavy porcelain articles like washbasins and commodes, but also a variety of ceramic components, the number of which has grown with the expansion of electronic ceramics and computers. These components not only include spark plugs for the automotive industry but sophisticated electronic components like capacitors and insulators. The market for kiln furniture is sizable. Low-temperature firing (with cordierite composition) provides the maximum volume for firing ceramic tableware and the like, while the automobile industry largely dictates the market for high-alumina kiln furniture for the manufacture of spark plugs. Both silicon carbide and recrystallized silicon carbide provide the main support for strength, and are used at high-temperature primarily in an inert atmosphere. The use of stabilized zirconia is not very common (because of its inherent thermal stability problem), and has come into use only recently. To play its vital role as a support medium for firing, it is essential that kiln furniture be stable and neutral towards the materials fired in the kiln. It also should be able to perform repetitive firing with minimum damage due to thermal cycling. Also, because it has been found, in general, that the energy needed to fire kiln furniture is higher than materials fired on the kiln furniture, a recent trend has been to manufacture lighter weight kiln furniture that consumes less heat and, hence, is more fuel-efficient. In addition, new kiln furniture formulations also were created to enable firing various compositions that recently have entered the market. All of this makes it imperative that a thorough study of the kiln furniture industry be made to provide a comprehensive idea of the materials, processes and economics of the trade. This BCC report provides information on the different types of kiln furniture currently used in the market, along with their improvements and modifications. It also reviews their manufacturing processes and profiles leading manufacturers, along with an analysis of the current status and future prospects of the market. Business Communications Company, Inc., Publishers of Industry Research Studies and Technical-Economic Analyses, 25 Van Zant Street, Suite 13, Norwalk, CT 06855-1781; E-mail: sales@bccresearch.com; Internet: www.bccresearch.com; Tel: (203) 853-4266; Fax: (203) 853-0348.

 

2005 Vol. 10 No. 1 January/February

 

Refractories Handbook 
by Charles A. Schacht (editor)
Published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004
ISBN: 0-8247-5654-1.
This comprehensive reference details the technical, chemical, and mechanical aspects of
high-temperature refractory composite materials for step-by-step guidance on the selection of the most appropriate 
system for specific manufacturing processes. The book surveys a wide range of lining system geometries and material 
combinations and covers a broad range of tests for the determination of the thermal, mechanical, strength, and resistance 
properties of refractories. With contributions from international specialists with widespread experience in the field, 
Refractories Handbook provides examples of refractory lining systems utilized in a range of industries, including glass, 
cement, and steel.     
     • Provides valuable recommendations on the design and installation of refractory lining systems
     • Describes the most significant factors in castable lining design
     • Provides examples of refractory lining systems utilized in a range of industries including petrochemical, glass, cement, 
        and steel
     • Considers the classification of load types, as well as issues related to refractories strength; compressive stress/strain data; 
        arch, spherical, flat wall, and cylindrical lining behavior; and expansion allowance
     • Highlights the latest developments in spinel-containing refractories and their application to steel, cement, and glass,
        manufacture
     • Offers procedures to maximize the life of refractory lining systems
     • Contains detailed descriptions of laboratory testing methods for evaluation of refractory properties
The book may be ordered from www.acers.org

 

2004 Vol. 9 No. 6 November/December

 

8th Biennial Worldwide Conference On Refractories

This UNITECR proceedings contains 177 papers from 20 countries on topics such as refractories for glass, cement, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and ceramics; refractories and the environment, refractory raw materials; erosion corrosion, and spalling of refractories; refractory applications of advanced ceramics; refractory properties; manufacturing, control, installation, and equipment; and refractory education. ”2004 Published by The Technical Association of Refractories, Japan

Ceramic Processing and Sintering, Second Edition M.N. Rahaman ISBN: 0-8247-0988-8 This text/reference is extensively revised and expanded to collect hard-to-find applications, equations, derivations, and examples illustrating the latest developments in ceramic processing technology - providing clear and intensive discussions on colloidal and sol-gel processing, sintering of ceramics, and kinetic processes in materials. ”2004 Published by Marcel Dekker, Hardcover, 880 pages.

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2004 Vol. 9 No. 5 September/October

 

ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database

The Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database Version 3.0 contains approximately 20,000 diagrams previously published in 20 phase volumes produced as part of the ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams Program: Volumes I through XIII; Annuals 91, 92, and 93; High Tc Superconductors I & II; Zirconium & Zirconia Systems; and Electronic Ceramics I. Search capabilities allow searches by:

This new version offers full commentary text display in addition to diagram display. This makes the CD the same as the printed volumes with many additional features including high-quality printing and export capability. On-screen plotting can show any line types such as dotted, dash-dot, dash and solid. Files can be saved in both wmf and bitmap formats. Other features include:

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Refractory Lining Thermal Modeller

The Refractory Lining Thermal Modeller (RLTM) is a software program for rapid modelling of heat flows through furnace, heater and kiln linings. It is available for Mac OSX, Windows and Mac OS 8/9. Materials are dragged and dropped onto a lining model, and can be dragged to different positions and resized.

Material thicknesses, hot face and ambient temperatures, and environmental factors can be adjusted and are reflected live in the model window. Multiple resizable windows can be open at one time, so that potential linings can be compared. A sample is shown below.

RLTM supports entry of materials in both ASTM and metric systems (or combinations), and produces results in either ASTM or metric.

Lining models can be printed out and saved to disk. RLTM includes a database structure to allow the easy addition and editing of lining materials.

Demo versions which are fully enabled when registered are available for download at the link below.

The download is approximately 2MB and includes a manual and sample database. The demo version is limited to use of the materials in the sample database, simple instructions for registration through PayPal are included.

See the following website for download: http://www.hotwork.org/RLTM/RLTM.html

 

2004 Vol. 9 No. 4 July/August

 

64th Conference on Glass Problems

CESP (Ceramic Engineering & Science Proceedings), Volume 25, Issue 1, 2004

Trudy Kriven, Editor 

This proceeding contains 22 papers presented during the 64th Conference on Glass Problems, held October 27-28, 2003 at the University of Illinois. Contents cover Refractories, Energy and Combustion, Process Control, and Emerging Areas.

Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass III (ISBN: 1-57498-156-0)

Ceramic Transactions, Volume 141

James R. Varner, Thomas P. Seward III, and Helmut A. Schaeffer, Editors 

This proceedings volume contains 47 papers presented at the seventh in a series of international conferences on Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass, which was held in Rochester, NY, July 27-31, 2003. The more than 140 participants from fourteen countries, experts from industry and academia, met in this international forum to discuss and seek new solutions to the challenges of glass manufacturing, particularly as they pertain to melting and forming. Glass continues to be a material of great scientific and technological interest; however, the economic pressures on the glass industry, the emphasis on global markets, and the worldwide attention to energy and environmental conservation that emerged in the late nineteen eighties continue to increase. The conference addressed key topics related to keeping glass competitive as a material. Contents cover Advances in the Glass Melting Process, Characterization of Glass Melts/Glass Melt Properties, Materials for Glassmaking, Advances in Glass Forming, Polyvalent Elements and Redox Behavior, Effects of Composition and Forming on Structure and Properties, Emissions, Recycling and Other Environmental Issues, Computer Modeling and Process Control, and Secondary Processing.

Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries IX (ISBN: 1-57498-209-5)

Ceramic Transactions Volume 155

John D. Vienna, Dane Spearing, Editors      

In today's world of increasingly stringent environmental regulations, it is critical to identify and adequately address environmental issues in the ceramic industry to ensure success. In addition, ceramics and glasses play a critical role in the nuclear industry. Nuclear fuels and waste forms for low-level and high-level radioactive, mixed, and hazardous wastes are primarily either ceramic of glass. Effective and responsible environmental stewardship is becoming increasingly more important in the world.  Contents cover Ceramics for Waste or Nuclear Applications, and Melter Processing and Process Monitoring.

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2004 Vol. 9 No. 3 May/June

 

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition Instant Access to the Standard Reference for Chemical Engineering

Dialog OnDisc® Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition, produced in cooperation with John Wiley and Sons, is a comprehensive composition of applied chemical science and industrial technology, its methods and materials, as well as the latest scientific advances in every branch of the arts of chemistry. This OnDisc book is the DVD equivalent to the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition, well known as the standard reference work on any chemical topic or industry. The Encyclopedia describes the theory and practice of chemical engineering, the industrial production and uses of chemical materials, and basic chemistry subjects.

Each volume in the hardcopy of Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is fully represented on this DVD together with images, photos, illustrations, tables and text. The powerful search facility of Dynatext allows you to perform local as well as global searches across all the text of all volumes. By using the index facility, you can also discover the context in which your search term appears in the text.

 

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2004 Vol. 9 No. 2 March/April

2003 Vol. 8 No. 6 January/February

2003 Vol. 8 No. 4 July/August

2003 Vol. 8 No. 2 March/April

These books can be ordered from The American Ceramic Society, Book Orders, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136; telephone: (614) 794-5890, fax: (614) 899-6109, email: accounting@acers.org, internet: www.ceramics.org.

 

2003 Vol. 8 No. 1 January/February

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