Refractory Technical Papers

Tabular Alumina/SLA92/Bonite

• New Coarse Tabular Aggregates for Improved Castables
• Almatis Global Product Concept for the Refractory Industry
• Tabular Alumina for High Purity Corundum Bricks
• Review of Tabular Alumina as High Performance Refractory Material
• Long Term Temperature Stability of Microporous Calcium Hexaluminate-based Insulation Materials
• New Insulating Raw Material for High Temperature Applications
• Innovative ceramic fiber free steel ladle preheaters at Corus Steelworks IJmuiden
• Non-fibrous insulations of Submerged Nozzles for Continuous Casting
• Experiences with Mircoporous Calcium Hexaluminate Insulating Materials in Steel Reheating Furnaces at Hoesch Hohenlimburg and Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG, Bochum
• Developments in the Refractory Design of Lids for Ladle Preheating in Dunkirk Steelworks
• Industrial Application Experiences with Microporous Calcium Hexaluminate Insulating Material SLA-92
• New Microporous Materials for Use in Modern Firing Plants
• Advantages of Dense Calcium Hexaluminate Aggregate for Back Lining in Steel Ladles
• Raw Material Concepts for SiO₂-free High Strength and Low Wettability Aluminum Castables
• Alkali - and CO-resistance of Dense Calcium Hexaluminate Bonite
• Bonite - A New Raw Material Alternative for Refractory Innovations

Reactives/Calcines

Cements & Binders

• New Results for CA-470Ti Temperature Independent Cement - Robustness against Low Temperature and Impurities
• A New Temperature Independent Cement for Low and Ultra Low Cement Castables
• High Purity Calcium Aluminate Cements - Production and Properties
• High Calcium Aluminate Cements & Chemical Binders
• Aging behaviour of Alphabond and Calcium Aluminate Cement
• Improvements in Workability Behavior of Calcia-free Hydrated Alumina Binders
• Steel Plant Refractories Containing Alphabond Hydratable Alumina Binders

Spinels

• Spinel: In situ versus Preformed - Clearing the Myth
• Refractories for Steel Secondary Metallurgy
• The Influence of SiO₂ and Spinel on the Hot Properties of High Alumina Low Cement Castables
• Magnesium Aluminate Spinel Raw Materials for High Performance Refractories for Steel Ladles

Matrix Specialties

• New Developments in Calcium Aluminate Cements and in Dispersing Aluminas for Mircosilica-containing Castables Systems
• Raw Material Concepts for SiO₂ Free High Strength Castables in the Temperature Range up to 1200° C
• Upgrading Castable Performance Through Matrix Optimization
• Raw Materials for Non-complex High Performance Low Cement Castables
• Synthetic Alumina Raw Materials - Key Elements for Innovative Refractories
• New Developments of Tabular Alumina and Tabular Alumina Spinel Castables