Feature Papers in Refractories and Ceramics: Microstructure, Properties and Applications (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 475
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional refractory; refractory castable; powder technology; porous ceramic; nanomaterials
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Interests: refractory; structure ceramics; nanomaterials; high-temperature ceramic; powder technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Refractories, as a class of ceramics with high fusion points, are basic materials in high-temperature industries such as metallurgy, cement/glass production and thermal power. Today, “new refractory” is being developed to not only meet the high-temperature demands of fine structure and precise regulation but also to design and tailor ceramics with special functional requirements, such as the purification of liquid steel, energy conservation, low carbon emissions and pollution reduction. In terms of eco-friendliness, long life and safety, the overall performance (e.g., mechanical strength, thermal/chemical stability, corrosion/oxidation/thermal shock resistances and workability) of “new refractory” can be greatly improved with the development of new material systems, the precise control of microstructures and use of intelligent manufacturing technology.
The “new refractory” is extending the development of design and preparation of traditional high-temperature ceramics and allows significant improvements in high-temperature industries with economic and environmental impacts. In addition, the “structure–function” relationship of these ceramics, related to their high-temperature service performance, needs to be discovered for every application.
This Special Issue focuses on the development of new refractories and novel ceramics. The potential topics concerning the microstructure, properties and applications of ceramics include but are not limited to the following:
- functional refractory;
- novel ceramics;
- non-oxide ceramics;
- high-temperature heat-insulating materials;
- green ecological refractory;
- refractory castable;
- refractory raw materials;
- high-temperature behavior;
- refractory and inclusions.
Dr. Zhong Huang
Dr. Bin Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- refractory
- ceramics
- non-oxide ceramics
- castable
- green refractory
- raw material
- microstructure
- high-temperature processes and behaviors
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