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- Reveals the peculiarities of physical chemistry in aluminium production
- Summarizes specific requirements for the properties and structure of refractory materials
- Addresses contradictory concepts on lining of reduction cells - thermal balance and good refractory materials
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Aluminum
- Aluminum Reduction Cell
- Anode Baking Furnaces
- Calcining Furnaces
- Carbon Cathode Blocks
- Cast House
- Corrosion Resistance in Refractories
- Corrosion Tests
- Heat Insulation Materials
- Heat Insulation Materials
- Holding and Melting Furnaces
- Reduction Cells
- Refractories For Aluminum
- Refractory Materials
- Thermal Conductivity
Authors and Affiliations
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Moscow, Russia
Andrey Yurkov
About the author
Andrey Yurkov, graduated from Moscow Mendeleev University of chemical technology, department of ceramics and refractories. He holds a Ph.D. in structural ceramics and Dr. Sci. Degree in materials science of refractory materials. Yurkov has more than a 100 publications. His areas of expertise and interests include materials science and processing of non-oxygen and oxygen containing ceramics and refractories, and their applications in the Aluminium industry Yurkov is currently working for the company “Russian Aluminium (RUSAL). He has also served as the organizer and chairperson of the seminar and conference “Refractories and carbon cathode materials for Aluminium industry”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Refractories for Aluminium
Book Subtitle: Electrolysis and the Cast House
Authors: Andrey Yurkov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11442-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34934-3Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11442-2Published: 15 December 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Metallic Materials, Physical Chemistry, Building Materials