CO-2
- Standardized/specialized refractory testing in use or needed by industry
- Physical property (including thermal shock and spalling, fracture mechanisms, creep, fatigue, hot strength)
- Refractory thermal property (including thermal conductivity and high temperature MOE)
- Evaluating refractory/molten slag interaction
- Evaluating monolithic materials property changes during mixing, installation, drying, and firing including the relationship to composition and additives
- Monitoring key process variables or material properties related to refractory failure in severe service applications
- Microstructure analysis related to material performance (including use of SEM, cathodoluminescence, high temperature confocal microscopy, and optical microscopy)