This book covers the details of the specialized advanced refractories, their essentiality, functions, materials used, properties, degradation and possibilities for improvements. Elaborated details with various schematic figures and real-life photographs are included with special focus on iron and steel industries.
This book covers the details of the specialized advanced refractories, their essentiality, functions, materials used, properties, degradation and possibilities for improvements. Elaborated details with various schematic figures and real-life photographs are included with special focus on iron and steel industries.
Ritwik Sarkar is a professor, Department of Ceramic Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, since 2009. He has completed his graduation in ceramic technology from the University of Calcutta in 1993, post-graduation from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1995, and a PhD degree from Jadavpur University in 2003, all from India. Prior to his current assignment, Dr Sarkar has worked as general manager-technology, IFGL Refractories Ltd, India, in 2008-2009 and as senior scientist in CSIR:CGCRI, India, in 2001-2008; in the Research and Consultancy Directorate, ACC Ltd, Thane, India, in 1999-2001; and in H&R Johnson (I) Ltd, Thane, in 1995. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Ceramic Components in Mechanical Engineering (IKKM), RWTH, Aachen, Germany, with DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, in 2003-2004.
