The American Ceramic Society Bulletin
Emerging Ceramics & Glass Technology

Past Issues
September 2001 - Volume 80, No. 9
Manufacturing/Engineering Features

Effect of Cobalt Oxide and Copper Oxide Additions to Zinc-Containing Soft Porcelain Glazes
Transition-metal oxides provide color and attractive appearance to zinc-containing soft porcelain crystal glazes, and their effect can vary depending on firing conditions.
Bekir Karasu and Servet Turan

Frost Resistance of Brick
Knowledge about the relationship between pore structure and frost resistance is the first step to the production high-frost-resistance brick products.
Mikuláš Šveda

Isotropic Sintering Shrinkage in Pressed Compact of Near-Spherical Alumina Particles
The particle shape of powders is important in shrinkage behavior, and isotropic shrinkage can be achieved by post-CIP treatments.
Anze Shui, Zenji Kato, Satoshi Tanaka, Nozomu Uchida and Keizo Uematsu

Microstructure and Corrosion Performance of Crown Silica Brick Under Oxyfuel Combustion
A reproducible oxyfuel simulation test has been developed for testing superstructure refractories under conditions close to that of the industry, allowing evaluation of various conventional and experimental refractories.
M. Velez, J.M. Almanza, and M.Karakus