Vol. 23 No.4 Contents

Point of View
 Global Conpetitive
 B. Nagai   217

Review
Technical Progress in Basic Refractories for Cement Rotay Kilns
Z. Guo   218

Paper

 Scale-up Effect on the Drying Behavior of High-Alumina Refractory Castables
 F. A. Caredoso, M. D. M. Innoceniti, M. M. Akiyoshi, L. R. M. Bittencourt and V. C. Pandolfelli   226

Reports

Effect of Formulation Parameters upon the Strength Development of Calcium Aluminate Cement Containing Castable  @
C. Parr, C. Wohrmeyer, B. Valdelievre and A. Namba   231

Magnesia-Spinel Brick for Transition Zone of Cement Rotary Kiln Fed with Industrial Waset
M. Koyake, E. Iida, H. Hara and H. Moriyasu   239

Improvement in Corrosion and Penetration Resistance of Castable for Tundish Lining
M. Koyama, K. Fukuhara and E. Hosoi   245

Development of Catables for Tundish with Enhanced Spalling Resistance
S. Kanayani, E. Maeda and T. Okamoto   249

Coffee Break
 Invitation to Tajimi...    Y. Shiratani   255

Reports

 Evaluation of Resistance to Cyclic Thermal Shock of Coke Oven Brick
 Y. Fukushima, Y. Kiyota and M. Takagi   256

 Performance of New Chrome-free Basic Brick in Rotary Cement Kilns
 K. Tokunaga, Y. Watanabe and T. Taniguchi   260

 Recycled Magnesia-Chrome Brick for the Low Temperature Zone of Rotary Cement Kilns
 K. Imai, T. Takada and T. Umezawa    266

 Improvement of MgO-CaO Brick for Cement Rotary Kilns by ZrO2 Addition 
E. Kawamoto, N. Mimura, K. Shima and M. Loeffelholz   271

Gas Phase Oxidation of MgO-C Bricks
 K. Takeuchi, S. Yoshida and S. Tsuboi   276

 Chrome-Free, Magnesia-Spinel Brick Used in Burning zone of Cement Rotary Kilns
 A. Samejima, M. Arai, S. Ukawa, T. Sasaki, T. Azuma, R. Sakai and S. Shikama   280

 A Study of the Setting Mechanisms of Low Cement Castables by Exothermic Profile
 R. Funakoshi, T. Matsue, N. Takahashi and M. Ishikawa   286