12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART I -- Preface -- Committees -- Table of Contents -- Keynote Lecture -- The Federation for International Refractories Research and Education (FIRE): Progress and Outcome on Education, Research and Industrial Partnership -- SECTION I - RAW MATERIALS -- Exploitation of Ceramic Wastes by Recycling in Alumina-Mullite Refractories -- Calcium Zirconate as the Secondary Phase of Magnesia Refractories for Cement Rotary Kiln -- SECTION II - TESTING -- Standard Testing of Refractories -- Characterisation of the Fracture Path in 'Flexible' Refractories -- Thermomechanical Characterization of Monolithic Refractory Castables -- Mechanical Behaviour of MgO-CaZrO3-Based Refractories for Cement Kilns -- Alumina-Mullite Refractories: Prototypal Components Production for Thermal Shock Tests -- Thermal Shock Behavior of Zircon Based Refractories -- Laboratory Study of Corrosion of an Alumina Refractory by Molten Potassium Salts -- SECTION III - MANUFACTURING, SELECTION, DESIGN AND USE -- Carbon Containing Castables and More -- Microtexture Control of Alumina Using Anisotropic Alumina Particles -- Novel Refractory Development for Synthetic Rutile Manufacture via the Becher Process -- Organic Viscosity Modifiers for Controlling Rheology of Ceramic Slurries Used in the Investment Casting -- Sintering Studies on Magnesia-Rich Chromium-Free Spinel-Bonded Basic Refractories -- Analysis and Interpretation of Microstructures after Liquid Oxide Corrosion -- Interactions between Superalloys and Mould Materials for Investment Casting of Turbine Blades -- Interaction between the Ceramic CaZrO3 and the Melt of Titanium Alloys -- Novel Magnesia Carbon Slide Gate Refractory Material for Corrosive Steel Application -- The Latest Trends in Refractories Technology for Iron and Steel Production at Nippon Steel Corporation.

SECTION IV - SYSTEM MODELING, SIMULATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA -- Thermal Schock Criteria of Refractory Ceramics: Limitations of Conventional Analyses and Some Numerical Approaches to Improve the Prediction of the Resistance to Thermal Schock -- Simulation of Moulding of Refractory Bricks -- Sizing of Refractory Castable Gas-Burner Using Thermomechanical Simulations -- A New Generation of Refractories to Enable Gasifier Fuel Flexibility -- Selection Criteria and Tools for Refractory Materials to Be Used in Pulverised Coal Combustion (PCC) Reactors -- Investigation of Refractory Corrosion of a Gas-Stirred Steel Ladle by Simulation -- Impact of Free Fluor Fluxes on Nozzle Wear Mechanisms -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.