UNITECR '05

This collection of over 200 papers from the 9th Biennial Worldwide Congress on Refractories is broad-ranging and diverse in perspective. Topics include steelmaking refractories, castable technology, global refractories education and technology and industrial applications. Numerous papers are from representatives from major international steel companies. Steelmaking Refractories.

Secondary Metallurgy.

Carbon Containing.

Steel Ladles.

Operations.

Continuous Casting.

Blast Furnaces & Coke Ovens.

Castable Technology.

Installed Properties.

Installation Essentials.

Carbon Containing.

Curing & Dewatering.

Molten Liquid Interactions.

Robert E. Moore Memorial Symposium.

In Situ and Ex Situ Characterization.

Worldwide Raw Materials.

Ultra High Temperataure Ceramics.

Environmental Sustainability.

Refractories for Primary Aluminum.

Foundry Applications.

Glass Production.

New Development and Test Methods.

Hydrocarbon Processing.

Fracture of Refractories.

JEFFREY D. SMITH, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. Dr. Smith is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society and his current research interests include high temperature materials, condensed and non-condensed phase equilibria, high temperature corrosion processes, and characterization of ceramics.