The influence of zircon on the mechanical properties and thermal shock behaviour of slip-cast alumina-mullite refractories

Materials Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 992-997

  Aksel, Cemail ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alumina; Mechanical properties; Mullite; Refractory; Slip casting; Thermal shock; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SHOCK TESTING;

THERMAL SHOCK TESTING;

ZIRCON;

EID: 0036894392     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00912-6     Document Type: Article

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