The March 2022 issue of ACerS Bulletin is now available online.
In this month’s issue, we look at innovations in refractory technology. The cover story by author James G. Hemrick overviews refractory issues related to the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel. An accompanying application note previews the portable Melt Mizer system developed by Diversified Controls & Systems, Inc. for melt process optimization and solid waste remediation.
In addition to the feature stories, the “Deciphering the Discipline” column by Tony Wetzig considers novel approaches for steel melt filtration in continuous casting of steel, and the “Business and Market View” column discusses factors driving the global glass-ceramics market.
The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR) will take place March 15–18, 2022, in Chicago, Ill. The March issue features abstracts from some of the papers that will be presented at the conference.
This volume of the ACerS Bulletin is being published during the United Nations International Year of Glass. A regular column highlighting the International Year appears in each issue, and the second column by HarbisonWalker International looks at the role of refractories in the glass industry.
Finally, a book review by John S. McCloy on “Magma Redox Geochemistry” explains why the book, while targeted at the earth sciences communities, contains much of interest to ceramic and glass scientists and engineers as well.
You’ll find a lot more interesting content inside this—and every issue—of the ACerS Bulletin. The current issue is free to all for a short time, but remember that all the valuable content in more than one hundred years of past issues of the ACerS Bulletin is free only to members—so considering joining us today!
An important message for readers of our printed magazine
To our valued subscribers: We’ve been informed by our printer that supplies of the paper we use to print our magazines is currently at historically low levels. During the pandemic, paper mills have struggled to produce adequate supplies of numerous paper stocks to ensure that the mills and the printers themselves have emergency reserves. As such, upcoming issues of publications like this one are at risk of not being printed.
We know how much you cherish flipping through and reading each issue. We do too! Should the situation arise that we are delayed in printing an upcoming issue, be assured that the online version of the magazine will continue to be released and available as scheduled. Please visit our website www.ceramics.org for future updates on this situation.