Course Description
Learn about all common types of refractories and their chemical compositions
The course will provide participants with a basic knowledge of all common types of refractories. This course addresses most of the significant refractory chemical compositions. The lectures emphasize raw materials, phase relationships, processing, and microstructural-property relationships. Postmortem analyses from industrial applications are also presented.The individual sessions are titled in the accompanying outline of the daily topics.
Course Format
~12 hours of instruction
*Employees of ACerS Corporate Partners receive the discounted Individual Member rate. Sapphire Corporate Partners receive an additional 20% discount; Diamond Corporate Partners receive an additional 30% discount. Please contact Customer Service or 614-890-4700 to register employees at the discounted Corporate Partner rates.
Joseph Homeny, Ph.D.
Joseph Homeny is technical director of the Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation, Westerville, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from Pennsylvania State University and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Rutgers University. He has industrial refractories experience in the research laboratories of the J.E. Baker Company and North American Refractories Company, and industrial glass experience at Owens Corning. Prior to joining Orton in 1992, he was a professor in the ceramic engineering department of University of Illinois. Homeny is active in the refractories and advanced ceramic committees of ASTM.
Check out more courses by Homeny: Advanced Thermal Properties of Refractories, Characterization of Refractory Microstructure, Drying and Firing of Refractories, Introduction to Glass Properties, Introduction to Properties of Refractories, Introduction to Refractories, Properties of Refractories, Refractory Fundamentals, and Refractory Manufacturing.
