简介：Withtheadoptionofconcastingandrefiningprocessesofsteel,theagravationoftheservicecon-ditionsoftheladleliningsofhighauminabrickscausesadramaticdropoftheladlelininglife.Tocopewiththissituation,theresinbondedAl2O3-MgO-Cbrickshavebeendevelopedwithsuccess,Thepresentpaperdescribestheexperimentandapplica-tionofAl2O3-MgO-Cbricksfortheladlelinings.Al2O3-MgO-Cbrickssuppresstheinherentshort-comingsofhighaluminabricksandbecomeapopu-larizedrefractorymaterialfortheladleliningsinthemodernsteelcompanies,Thepetrographicanaly-sisrevealedthatthegreatimprovementoftheprop-ertiesndperformanceofAl2O3-MgO-CbricksisduetothecombinationofthemeritsofAl2O3-MgO-Cmaterialsandcarbon.

简介：MajorenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorefractoriesarediscussedbasedontheirhistoricalstudiesmostlyinJapan.Thoseissueshavebeenexperiencedinawiderangeofindustrialscenes,fromprocessingrawmaterials,makingrefractoriestoreliningfurnaces,handlingafter-userefractories.Thekeysubstancesdealtwithinthispaperinclude,forexample,suspendedparticulate,SOxandotherexhaustgaseousemissions,hexa-valentchromium,anddioxin.Themeasuressofartakentoavoidorreducetheirinfluencesuponenvironmentsaredescribedwithsomefutureproblemstobetackled.