Refractories: Ceramics with a Purpose

Abstract

This paper is written from the view point of the user, expounding some of the requirements of a metallurgical refractory ceramic, and to some degree how these were met in antiquity, through a range of metallurgical operations. In this paper only extractive and refining metallurgy will be discussed. It is hoped to cover the ceramics associated with casting operations at the foundry in a subsequent paper. For more detailed petrological and mineralogical descriptions the reader is recommended to works such as those of Bayley (1992a), Rehren (2003), Freestone (1989), Freestone and Tite (1986), Freestone et al. (1991) and Tite et al. (1982a; 1982b; 1985; 1990). These publications also show how the scientific study of the vitrified and slagged remains can provide useful information on the materials and operating parameters of the early metallurgical processes.

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