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OPTICAL METHODS AS AN AID TO THE STUDY OF REFRACTORIES 1
Author(s) -
McVay T. N.
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1929.tb18072.x
Subject(s) - impurity , petrography , optical microscope , raw material , materials science , mineralogy , metallurgy , scanning electron microscope , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
The application of the petrographic microscope as an aid to the study of designating impurities in raw materials has proved successful. By the same methods fired refractories may be classified and the effects of bonds tested. Optical tests should chiefly be used to supplement and not to displace other methods of examinations.