Sintering of clay-chamotte ceramic composites for refractory bricks

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1207-1213

  Djangang, C N ^a,b,c   Elimbi, A ^a   Melo, U C ^a,c   Lecomte, G L ^b   Nkoumbou, C ^a   Soro, J ^b   Bonnet, J P ^b   Blanchart, P ^b   Njopwouo, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b University of Limoges   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; Cameroon; Chamotte; D. Clays; Refractory

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CLAY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; QUARTZ; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING;

CLAY CHAMOTTE COMPOSITES; MATRIX BEHAVIOR; REFRACTORY BRICKS; THERMAL STRESSES;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 43449092539     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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