The de-vitrification of alumino-silicate ceramic fibre materials - The kinetics of the formation of different crystalline phases

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 561-581

  Dyson, D J ^a   Butler, M A ^a   Hughes, R J ^a   Fisher, R ^a   Hicks, G W ^a  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HEAT TREATMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VITRIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DEVITRIFICATION;

CERAMIC FIBERS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CHROMIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT TREATMENT; MINERAL DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031260424     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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