ACerS Bulletin

Bulletin Sept. 2006 Vol 85, No. 9 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Analyses of Nonstationary Melting Process”Properties of raw materials and final products as well as process parameters for preparation of electrofused, nontransparent, noncrystalline silica were determined using thermovision.Sanja Martinovic, Milica Vlahovic,…

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Bulletin Aug. 2006 Vol 85, No. 8 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Industrial Waste Used in Floor Tile Glazes”An attempt was made to reuse ceramic waste as a floor tile glaze via two-charge and double-pressing dry-glazing processes.F.J.P. Sousa, A.P. Novaes de Oliveira…

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Bulletin July 2006 Vol 85, No. 7 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Chemical Resistance of Non-Lead Phosphate Sealing Glass”A non-lead phosphate sealing glass with high chemical durability, high thermal expansion coefficient and low softening temperature has been developed.Liang Wen and Cheng Jijian…

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Bulletin June 2006 Vol 85, No. 6 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Extrudability of Cement-Based Materials”A penetration resistance test was used to assess the extrudability of cementitious materials.Y. Chen, L. J. Struble and G. H. Paulino “Zirconia-Magnesium Aluminate Spinel Composite”Improved ZrO2-MgAl2O4 composite…

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Bulletin May 2006 Vol 85, No. 5 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Gel-Bonded Alumina-Silicon Carbide-Carbon-Based Blast-Furnace Trough Castable”Incorporation of an organic fiber improved the densification, strength, corrosion and penetration properties, under dried and fired conditions, of gel-bonded Al2O3-SiC-C-based castables that included a…

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Bulletin Oct. 2007 Vol 86, No. 10 Online-only papers

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2012

“Waste Silica from Aluminum Fluoride Industries Used for Ceramic Whitewares“Waste silica from the aluminum fluoride industry completely replaces quartz in a whiteware composition, improving strength and mullite content of the…

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Businesses, suppliers, consultants: Please update your ceramicSOURCE listings

By / August 29, 2011

Back in July, I wrote about how ACerS had just launched its revamped ceramicSOURCE online directory of all things ceramic (e.g., manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, labs, schools, consultancies, etc.). When the…

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High-Reliability Joining of Ceramic to Metal

By / August 4, 2011

To download a free copy of the paper, “High-Reliability Joining of Ceramic to Metal” that appeared in The American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vo. 68, No. 9, please click here.

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Germany’s Fraunhofer: Diamond–ceramic composites, sepsis test-on-a-card, hot-embossed glass microlenses

By / December 22, 2010

Germany’s Fraunhofer Institutes have been churning out a fascinating collection of announcements this year that showcase the group’s ability to successfully span the research-demonstration-deployment worlds. Deservedly, a lot of countries…

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Student perspectives on ceramic and materials education

By / June 10, 2010

What’s on minds of the current group of ceramic and materials science students? The American Ceramic Society wanted to know, so we recruited the ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors…

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