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CERAMIC ABSTRACTS
1951
Charles S. Pearce, Editor Mary J. Gibb, Assistant Editor Thelma J. Cecil, Editorial Assistant
Committee on Publications: Karl Schwartzwalder. Chairman: R. E. Birch, J. J. Canfield, and C. H. Hahner
Technical Advisers: L. G. Farber, Ralph Rose, and Betty T. Owen
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The American Ceramic Society 2525 North High Street Columbus 2, Ohio
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Ceramic Abstracts
Febn
Organizing a research department for results. F. L. Mat thews. extern, lads.. 07 [:jj 402-404. 452. 4.34 ilOiUll.--M. dis-
properties, and application of binding materials and gives scription of the most important types of shapes made from
cusses the objectives of a research department under product de
ing materials.
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velopment. process development, application research, and prod uct improvement, and its organization under groups, group
Index of Nomograms. Douglas P! Adams. Tcchml Press. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Coinbr'
leader, and service functions.
B.O.M.
John Wiley & Sous. Inc.. Xew York. l`.50. 174 pp.
Production of fused silica. B. A. Rooms. W. J. Kroll, and
84.00. Reviewed in Chem. [nds., 67 [l] U4 (1050).__X.
H. P. Holmes. T'ans. EJectroelum. Sue., 92, 115-2(1 (1047).-- __ grams ore indexed hy key words and tabulated under divis
The present manufacture of silica products is reviewed, and
such as physics, chemistry, etc.
E.Q.:
production methods are outlined. The reactions between hoc
Kent's Mechanical Engineer's Handbook: VoL II, Design
silica and hot carbon in electric furnaces are analyzed briefly. Under experimental work, the production of silica ingots weigh ing up to 40 ib. (Id.I kg.) in both graphite-resistor and electricarc furnaces is described. Data presented are sufficient for a rough estimate of the cost of production. 52 references, 3 figures.
F.G.H.
. Production. 12th ed. Coun Carmichael, editor. John 6 5c Sons, Inc., Xew York 16. 1930. 1660 pp. Price 8S.o0.-f
book contains sections on glass, refractories, electrical pored; brick and tile, and abrasives. Other subjects of interest to1 assists, such os temperature-measuring instruments, are! __ cussed. The data given on ceramic products is of a gef
Respiratory disease--an industrial hazard. A. T. Dote.
nature and consists chiedy of physical and chemical proper
G&ugox Med. J., 30 [July] 235(19401; abstracted in Arch. tnd.
applications, etc. They are of incernt chiedy to mechanic:
ffyj. and Occupational Med., 1 [3] 500 (1950).--The present
design engineers and not particularly to ceramists.
R.l
status of knowledge of the disorders caused by industrial dusts e Occupational Specialties in Engineering: VoL U, Definiti
is reviewed. Silicosis is included.
D.G.P.
Prepared for the Office of Xaval Research by the Amur
Rote of fluorosis in industrial and alimentary hygiene. R.
Society of Mechanical Engineers for the Engineers Joint Cou
Trchact. Semaine iThip. (Paris). 25 [Oct. 10] 3080 (1949);
Xew York IS. 1950. 112 pp.--Definitions for ten activities
abstracted in Arch. Ini. Hyt- and Occupational Med., 1 [3] 307 __ for 19 engineering fields of specialization are given. The boo
(1950).--Fluorosis due to fluorine compounds used in the manu
was prepared to define and delineate the terms used for field
facture of glass, enamel, and cement is.induded,
D.G.P.
specialization in the Survey of Selected Engineering Personne
Safety program in a glasshouse refractories plane R. R.
Patent Tactics and Law. 3rd ed. Roger Sherman He
Smith. Class Ind., 31 [oj 255-56. 272 (1950V--The safety pro j Ronald Press. Xew York. 1950. 352 pp. Price 37.00.
gram of the Coming Glass Works is outlined and discussed in
viewed in Chem. [nds., 66 [6] 916 (1950).--H. attempts to1
three main divisions: educational, medical, and technical.
quaint business executives, engineers, and inventors with eno
Posters, a monthly plant magazine, and a suggestion system with
of the fundamentals of patent law and procedure to enable tl
monetary awards constitute the educational phase* of the pro __ to understand and cooperate with their attorneys in pat
gram. An 3-room hospital, with personnel of 3. handles the
matters.
E.D.i;
medical requirements. The technical program is based on a
Review of Literature on Dusts. J. J. Forbes. Sara J. Dav
monthly inspection and report system designed to eliminate
tort, and Genevieve G. Morcis. C. S. Bur. Mines Bt
hazards. Plant problems fell into 6 categories: dust, heat, t Xo. 478, 333 pp. (1950). Price 65c from Supt. of Documei
heavy lifting, moving machinery, acid handling, and Are. De
Govt. Printing Office. Washington 25. D. C.--The book cont:
tailed methods of dealing with each type of hazard are given.
a resume of the physiological 'effects of breathing dust, type:
As a*1 result of this program, the average accident frequency for
' injurious dusts, silicosis, methods of preventing dust disea:
the Last five years has been 11 disabling accidents per million __ methods of determining dusts in air. economic and legal asp*
man-hours worked. The 1943 frequency for the day-products
of dust diseases, and costs of compensation for silicosis.
industry as a whole was 19.53.
W.W.C.
L.M.M
Some ceramic ideas from Portland cement V. D. Frchstte.
J. Can. Ceram. Soc., 19, 68-72 (1950).--A high degree of develop / ment in research and control methods has been reached in the
PATENTS
Portland cement industry. Developments indicate lines of
Assembling slabs and kiln furniture in ceramic kilns. Re
attack in research in other branches of ceramics. Examples
Amand & C. Fr. 952,662, May 2, 1949 (Sept. 3. 1947).--A s
include the quantitative use of phase diagrams in plant control, -- assemblage of high resistance to flexural stresses between the pc
quantitative determination of glass content by heat of solution,
is obtained by using a mortise and tenon joint between the sL
and phase identification by polish-etch microscopy. G.MJL Technical education for tho dayworker. M. S. Whxtxhousx.
and the posts.
S.F.C
Producing a ceramic body having longitudinal passages. S
Ceramics. 2 [15] 138--10 (1950).--W. gives a brief outline of the g lek Pro Chemicxou a Hutni Vyrobu. Xaaooni Podn
institutions where technical education in ceramics can be ob
Brit 631,819, Xov. 23. 1949 (June 23. 1943).--A ceramic h
tained.
A.B.S.
exchanger is described. The body is hard porcelain or cordier
Universities tnd ceramic education. A. L. Roberts. Ce
to which mineralizers or plasticizers may be added: TiO- ir
ramics. 2 [15] 142-44 (1950).--In Great Britain the universities -- also be added.
B.C.R.A
train' technologists by (1) sound preliminary training in pure
i
science and engineering and (2) systematic instruction in apply
Additional abstracts
\
ing that science to specific industries. The University of Leeds
may he the first in Great Britain to have a course leading to h
B-Sc. with honors in Ceramics.
A.B.S.
I Sect VIII: Slip casting. Sect X: Measurement of the pla:
working properties of days.
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SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
Elements of Patent Law. Fred H. Rhodes. Cornell Univer
sity Press, Ithaca. X. Y.. 1949. 190 pp. Price 82.75. Reviewed
in Chem. Ms.. 66 [6] 916 (1950).
E.D.M.
Employment Outlook for Engineers. Prepared by Harold
Colostein, Robert W. Cain, Cora E. Tavlor, Chester F.
Schimmel. 8T al. C. S. Dept. Labor Bur. Labor Statistics Butt.,
Xo. 968, 119 pp. (1950). Price 30< from Supt. of Documents,
Govt. Printing Office, Washington 25. 0. C.
General Treatise of the Technology of Silicates (Obshchil kurs
tekhnologii silikacov); I and 1L Yu. M. Butt and M. A.
Matveev. Published hy Promstrolizdac. Moscow, U.S.S.R..
1948.! 352 pp. Price 12.80 rubles.--Part l covers the com
position, characteristics, methods of beneficiacion. and extrac
tion of silica (anhydrous and aqueous silicas), alumina, carbon
ate. sulfate, feldspar, and synthetic raw materials of silicates.
Part If rovers tcchnnlnvieal nrncesses of production, composition.
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correction
On the title page for Ceramic Abstracts published in the December 1950 issue, the Committee on Publications is listed incorrectly. The present Committee is as follows: Karl Schwartzwalder, Chairman; R. E. Birch, J. J. Canfield. and C. H. Hahner.
Reprints of the corrected title page have been made.'
and members who bind Ceramic Abstracts may obtain a
new title page by writing to the American Ceramic Society.
2525 Xorth High Street. Columbus 2. Ohio.
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XII", Central and Historic
tt,c surface-active ortunic addition?* b described, and flotation b Specially discussed in retard to difficulties observed in practice.
the properties and uses of synthetic sapphire are briefly descrilied. Its melting point of 2020* makes it ideal for refractory supports
Sturtinf from experience in the field of ore separation by flotation methods, the particular conditions for the flotation of carbonate
at high temperatures, especially as its tensile properties remain unchanged. It has also been used Tor furnace inspection win
and silicate minerals are described in detail, includint calcite and
dows. burner nozzles, atomizer orifices, and extrusion dies for
the cement raw materials, typsum. barite, phosphorite, and baux
work at very high temperature. 3 diagrams. 8 photos. \V_A.
ite In the chapcer on the flotation of silicates, quarti-feldspar
separation b emphasized, and the nature of the micas, vermicu*
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
lice, and clay minerals b explained. The last croup comprise*
Clayworker*s Handbook. 2th ed. Alfred B. Sxarlr.
the'aluminum silicates, sillimanite. andalusite. and kyanitc. with
Chas. Griffin & Co.. Ltd.. London. 1949. 392 pp.. 41 illustra
trhicb extensive experience was not available in Europe before
tions. Price 86.92 from Mapleton House. Brooklyn. X. Y.--The
and other minerals such as spodumene. beryl, etc. Addi k materials, operations, and machinery for clay working in general
tional sufStstions are given for mineral pigments (ochers. hema
are treated in a popular manner with many interesting and in
tite. etc.).
W.E.
structive examples. References to current literature are in
Fluxes for automatic welding. A. Pelixan. Sklatske Rozh-
cluded. All operations in the use of clay, mining, preparation.
Itdy. 26 (2-3| 36-33 11920).--A part of the glass factory in An- __ mixing, forming, transportation, firing, packing, and testing, are
toninuv Dul was converted for the manufacture of welding fluxes
noted. One of the most detailed chapters covers the causes and
to aid automatic welding processes similar to those used in making
cure of about 90 defects found in finished clay products. The
Liberty ships in the U. S. The fluxes (alkaline-earth silicates)
chapter on tests, analysis, and control gives details of instruments
contain 10 to 42?e manganese and must be controlled to viscosi e needed for control. The appendix contains references to 338
ties of 2 to S poises at 1500`C.. expansions of 63 to 80 X 10"'.
books publbbed before 192S and a Ust of 30 current journals.
and softening points of 600* to 6S9*C.
X.J.K.
H.K.R.
Measuring relative humidity--experiments with sintered
Engineering Method. John Charles Lounsbury Fisk. Stan-
ceramic blocks. A. C. Thomson. Elec. Redns (London). M7 __ ford University Press. Stanford. Calif., 1920. 186 pp.. 27 figures.
(3302] 640--41 (1920).--Sintered ceramic blocks 4x3x2 mm. are
Price 23.00.--"The Engineering Method," organized in thb
being investigated by the Britbh Scientific Instrument Research
special volume from material presented originally in "The Engi
Assoc, as hygrometers. The electrical resistance may well change
neering Profession," formulates for students the system of logic
from 1000 J/0 to 1 J10 when the relative humidity changes j and reasoning that b the mark of the practicing engineer. Xon-
from 10 to 92?c. and the response b rapid. Development work
technical problems are solved by way of illustration, and the steps
b in progress.
WJL
of the method are enlarged. F. then discusses practical condi
Milestone in research. Anon. Am. Ceram.- Soe. Bull.. 30
tions that control the use of the engineering method and solves
[1: 1-4 (1921). 7 photos.
__ four problems. Inescapable uncertainties in engineering work
Patent law revision. Harry Goldsmith. Chcm. Inds.. 67
are studied in the final section, together with ways of coping with
S84-S2, 92S (1920).--The first general revision and codifica
them.
tion of the patent laws since 1S70. H. R. 9133. b discussed. The
General Survey of Work by Dr. Ryschkewitsch Largely in
proposed legislation -would consolidate exbting legislation and t Field of Ceramics. Prepared by Captured Personnel and
provide for certain changes, such ai provision for "use" patents
Material Branch. Military Intelligence Drv.. U. S. War
in a limited sense, write into statutory law the doctrine of con
Department. BJ.O.S. ilise. Rept.. Xo. 107, HO pp. H. M.
tributory infringement, set up an objective test or standard for
Stationery Office. London. Price 9x. PB 97,646, Office of Tech-
.determining invention, permit publication of pending applica __ aical Services. Washington 22. D. C.. price 22.72.--The paper
tions. allow changes by inventors under certain conditions, pro
b subdivided into five parts: (1) In a general survey, the exten
vide for so-called patents of addition, and protect intervening
sive work in electrochemistry and ceramics done by Rysch
rights where patents are reissued.
E.D.M.
kewitsch b outlined. Of particular interest are the fundamental
Progress in the technology of ceramics. Folks Sandford. f studies in the field of oxide ceramics, which are described in his
Ckem.-Ing. Tech., 22, 165-6S (1950): abstracted in Chem. Zentr.,
book {Ceram. Abstracts, 1949, Oct., p. 233g). and the successful
Ill II [Si 929 (19201.--'The following topics are discussed: cor
evolution of a modern type of high-temperature gas- or liquid
rect furnace operation: relation between color and admixture in
fuel-fired furnace. The production of sintered (shrunk) alumina.
brick masses (formation of the system AliOj-Fe;Oj): additions -- which was first started by Siemens (Werk Spandaui for heavy-
to improve the plasticity of lean clays and kaolins, e.g.. by the
duty spark plugs, was. under the auspices of R.. developed to full
mixture CaO-Al;(SO,!i: preparation of set gypsum by treatment
industrial size by Degussa. The high importance of shrunk
with salt solutions; acceleration of the melting of glazes by addi
alumina was also practically applied to hard tools, and many
tions of salts, the mineral petalite being the best: and influence g contributions in thb field were advanced by R. His further work
of the humidity of the air on sifting (optimum 40 to 60*^).
on high-refractive oxides included ZrO;. BeO. MgO, etc. Meth
M.Ha.
ods and numerical data on the physical properties of the shrunk
Report of the third International Conference of Experts on
oxides were systematically developed. The interesting problem
Pneumoconiosis. Anon. Ball. Inst. Mining ifet., 1920, No. -- of the "fuel element" with the highest possible thermodynamic
224. pp. 19-27.--None of the current concepts of the ways in
efficiency was one of the first objectives of these studies of high-
which dust acts on the lungs U fully acceptable to the committee.
resistance oxides. The rich field of hard alloys, especially of car
1- general the larger sizes of fibrous dusts such as asbestos appear
bides and elementary boron, and the problem of mixed ceramics.
to be more harmful, whereas in many other mineral dusts the h particularly for gas-turbine blades, were extensively studied.
smaller sizes are more injurious. There b no conclusive evidence
(II) The yield strength of SiC with a ceramic binder for use as an
on the effectiveness or otherwise of A1 powder inhalation in sili
abrasive b dealt with. The body, on a clay-feldspar-quartz
cosis. An appendix outlines suggestions for an international
basb. had the Seger formula 0.1 alkali. 0.2 AI:0>: 1.0 SiO;. The
scheme for the classification of radiographs in some of the pneu -- samples were pressed in steel molds, sintered, and-examined by
moconioses.
V.A.
ceramic methods. The maximum strength of the mixtures was
Statistical consideration on the mixing of powdery materials.
attained at sintering temperatures increasing-with the addition
bctxiCHt Miyaci. J. Ceram. Assoc. Japan. 58 (C24| 417-20
of SiC. as a consequence of the defective molecular contact of SiC
19,**)).--Mixtures of calcium carbonate and silica were analyzed. t with the ceramic bond. The coated grains support the silicate
2nd from the analytical data the completeness of mixing b db-
body with slight temporary deformation as long as their amount
cussed.
K.Y.
b not too large. (Ill) This part, published in Bcr. dcut. keram.
s Stream pollution: Its prevention and eonfrol. Melvin N'ord.
Ces., 1942. 1944. and 1942. concerns the bending strengths of
C/.Tin. Inds., 67 ]C] 893-90. 904 (19201.--Stream pollution, stream -- pure shrunk oxide ceramics. These data and those, ia.the follow
s-mtution. and the dispersion of waste effluents are discussed.
ing part (IV) belong to the fundamental facts of modem oxide
Tiu- treatment of wastes b considered under the headings of
ceramics and deserve a particularly careful study Jor details see
mechanical separation, hydraulic separation, chemical coagula
R.'s book). (Vi The chemical resistance of sintered oxides is
tion, chemical and physical reactions, disinfection, and biological ; discussed, especially of crucibles for laboratory use nude of
needs. What the law says. Ibid.. pp. SW7-9N. N*. discusses the
AltOi. BcO. ZrOi. ThO:. and spinel. The results are expressed
vital liabilities.
E.D.M.
in curves of "integral corrosion." at constant temperature* with
Synthesis of sapphire: a new British industry. K. W. Brown.
molten soda and XaOH. Under special conditions, the chemical
tr.urument Practice, 2 ]21 88-94 (1920).--The furnace used and
resistance of BeO can be considerably improved.
W.E.