12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART I Proceedings of the 12 th International Ceramics Congress, part of CIMTEC 2010- 12 th International Ceramics Congress and 5th Forum on New Materials Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 6-11, 2010 PART I including: Sym

12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART I......Page 2 Preface......Page 5 Committees......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 7 The Federation for International Refractories Research and Education (FIRE): Progress and Outcome on Education, Research and Industrial Partnership......Page 9 Exploitation of Ceramic Wastes by Recycling in Alumina-Mullite Refractories......Page 17 Calcium Zirconate as the Secondary Phase of Magnesia Refractories for Cement Rotary Kiln......Page 23 Standard Testing of Refractories......Page 29 Characterisation of the Fracture Path in ‘Flexible’ Refractories......Page 38 Thermomechanical Characterization of Monolithic Refractory Castables......Page 45 Mechanical Behaviour of MgO-CaZrO3-Based Refractories for Cement Kilns......Page 55 Alumina-Mullite Refractories: Prototypal Components Production for Thermal Shock Tests......Page 61 Thermal Shock Behavior of Zircon Based Refractories......Page 67 Laboratory Study of Corrosion of an Alumina Refractory by Molten Potassium Salts......Page 73 Carbon Containing Castables and More......Page 80 Microtexture Control of Alumina Using Anisotropic Alumina Particles......Page 90 Novel Refractory Development for Synthetic Rutile Manufacture via the Becher Process......Page 99 Organic Viscosity Modifiers for Controlling Rheology of Ceramic Slurries Used in the Investment Casting......Page 110 Sintering Studies on Magnesia-Rich Chromium-Free Spinel-Bonded Basic Refractories......Page 116 Analysis and Interpretation of Microstructures after Liquid Oxide Corrosion......Page 122 Interactions between Superalloys and Mould Materials for Investment Casting of Turbine Blades......Page 138 Interaction between the Ceramic CaZrO3 and the Melt of Titanium Alloys......Page 144 Novel Magnesia Carbon Slide Gate Refractory Material for Corrosive Steel Application......Page 149 The Latest Trends in Refractories Technology for Iron and Steel Production at Nippon Steel Corporation......Page 158 Thermal Schock Criteria of Refractory Ceramics: Limitations of Conventional Analyses and Some Numerical Approaches to Improve the Prediction of the Resistance to Thermal Schock......Page 168 Simulation of Moulding of Refractory Bricks......Page 175 Sizing of Refractory Castable Gas-Burner Using Thermomechanical Simulations......Page 181 A New Generation of Refractories to Enable Gasifier Fuel Flexibility......Page 187 Selection Criteria and Tools for Refractory Materials to Be Used in Pulverised Coal Combustion (PCC) Reactors......Page 201 Investigation of Refractory Corrosion of a Gas-Stirred Steel Ladle by Simulation......Page 207 Impact of Free Fluor Fluxes on Nozzle Wear Mechanisms......Page 213 Keywords Index......Page 219 Authors Index......Page 221