Journal of the Technical Association of Refractories, Japan

Vol.22 No.1 Contents

Point of View
New Year's Greeting       
Tsugio Yamato    2

Paper  
Fabrication of Transparent Yttium Aluminum Garnet Ceramics Through a New Dry Mixing Method 
Ikegami, Takayasu, Toshiyuki Mori, Ji-Guang Li, Joung Heun Lee , Hideyuki Tokuda and Yusuke Moriyoshi 3

Note
Formatin of Spinel-Magnesia-Carbon Composite Clinker by untlizing MgO and Al-Mg Alloy
Faghihi-Sani M-A and Akira Yamaguchi   10

Reports
A Testing Method for the Flakig of Float Bath Bottom Brick
Katsumi Yoneyama, Noboru Fujiwara and Takeo Shindo   14

Evaluation of Dispersibility of Stainless Steel Fiber in Reinforced Castable Refractories
Ryouhei Nobuhara, Yasuo Nishimoto, Kenichi Sato, Junichi Nishioka and Hajime Tetsuyama   18

Investigation of the 1st Binder for Carbon-Bonded Gunning Materials
Atsuo Igasaki, Naotoshi Yasuda, Kakuichi Murakami and Isamu Shimizu   22

Inprovement in the Durability of Alumina-Spinel Steel Ladle Castable Containing Spinel Fine Powder
Shoichi Itose, Michifumi Nakashima, Toshihiro Isobe and Isamu Shimizu   26

Application of Monolithic Lining to Tundish with Hot-Recycle Operation
Eiichiro Mori, Takashi Fujita and Kanji Tanikawa   31

Effect of Grain Size Distribution on the Corrosion and Spalling of Siica-Free Alumina Graphite Shroud Tubes (II)
Masayuki Sugimoto, Masami Nishikawa, Masaharu Okamoto and Kunio Furukawa   37

Improvement of Slag Line Bricks for VOD Ladles of Refine High-Ni Steel
Masahiro Ishihara, Yasushi Sasajima, Eiji Kawamoto, Toshikazu Terashima, Tetsuo Kai and Kuniyoshi Ejiri   41

Coffee Break
I Recommend Hamsters for Your Pet 
Nakamura, Mutsuki   45

Reports
Development of a Wet Gunning Method for Ceramic Fiber-Containing Insulating Materials
Koji Saito, Kunio Hayamizu, Shoji Shibata and Kasuaki Matsuo   46

Evaluation of the Influence of the RH Snorkel Structure on Crack Formation in the Outer Castable Lining
Toshikazu Terashima, Yasuta Koike, Kyousuke Isaji and Kuniyoshi Torii   53

Analysis of Submerged EntryNozzle with Inner Annular Steps by Water Simulation Model
Osamu Nomura, Toshio Horiuchi and Masamichi Takai   58

Development of Anti-Alumina Build-up Materials for Inner Surface of Continous Caster Submerged Entry Nozzle
Fumihiko Ohno, Toshiyuki Muroi and Kazumi Oguri   63