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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 Schwartxwalcer. Chairman: R. E. Birch, J. J, Canfield, and G. H. Hahner
Technical Advisers: L. G. Farber, Ralph Rose, and Betty T. O'vzn
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Orrmixing * metres department for results. F. L. Mat*
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rrntn the objective of research department tinder product de
properties, and application of binding materials and give
scripcion of the most important types of stupes made from *
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velopment. procr?* development. application research. and prod- , lades of Hemograms. D**ccla p? Apaxs. Techni
act improvement, and its organization under groups. group * Pnas. M.tswtchitscttt Institute of Technology. Combr
fender, service funettoas.
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John WUy & Sou*. Inc.. New York.
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Production of fused silica. B. A. Rucsas. W. J. Knot*. anO
3A00. Reviewed in Ciem. iad*^ 67 (1} H4 * 193U).--N,
H. P. Hoot*a. Tt*s. Eleetrochem. Sue., 92, 11^-26 (194?}.-* _ The present manufacture of sflici products is reviewed, and production methods art outlined. The reactions between hoe
Sm and hoe carbon in electric furnaces are analyzed briefly. Under experimental work, the production of silhm ingots weigh- . eng up to 40 lb. (13.1 leg.) in both graphite-resistor and electric- 0
arc furnaces is described. Data presented ore sufficient for a cough estimate of the cost of production. 33 references, 3 figures.
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such as physics, chemistry, etc.
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Kent's Mechanical Engineer's Handbook: VL n, Design
Production. I2tbed- CouxCajuucxasl.editor. johnV
fie Sons, lac., New York 16.1950. 1660 pp. Price 36.5U.--
book contains sections on glass, refractories, electrical porccl
brick and rile, and abrasives. Other subjects of interest to
amists, such as temperature-measuring instruments, are
caned. The data given on ceramic products is of *3 gr
Respiratory disease--ea (adustrial hazard. A. T. Dote. CLutov Med. 30-[July] 333 (1949); abstracted in Arch. {ml. Eyt. and Occupational Med.. 1 (3) 560 (1930).--The present
nature and consists chiefly of physical and chemical proper
applications, etc. They are of interest chiefly to mechanic
design engineers and not particularly to ceramists.
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status of knowledge of the disorders caused by industrial dusts
Occupational Specialties in Engineering: YoL XL Definiti
Is reviewed. Silicosis is included.
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Prepared for the Office of Naval Research by the Amer
Role of fluorosis la Industrial and alimentary hygiene. R. TacRAPT. Semaixt dk&p. (Paris). 25 [Oct. 10} 30S6 (1949);
Society of Mechanical Engineers for the Engineers Joint Cou New York IS. 1950. 112 pp.--Definitions for ten activities
abstracted in .IrcA. lad. lift. and Occupational Mei^ 1 [3} 3tf? __ for 19 engineering fields of specialization are given. The boo
(1950).--Fluorosis due to fluorine compounds used in the manu
was prepared to define aad delineate the terms used for field
facture of glass, enamel, and cement is.included.
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Safety program la a glasshouse refractories plank R. R.
specialization in the Survey of Selected Engineering Personae Patent Tactics and Law. 3rd ed. Root* Skc&ua* He
Sitmt. CfosJ Ind., 31 ($i 255-56.272 (1950'.--The safety pro- ^ Ronald Press, New York. 1930. 332 pp. Price $7.00.
gram of the Coming Class Works is outlined and discussed in
viewed in Gum. but*., 65 [6} 916 (1930).--K. attempts to
three main divisions: educational, medical, and technical.
quaint business executives, engineers, and inventors with eho
Posters, a monthly plant magazine, and a suggestion system with
of the fundamentals of patent law and procedure to enable cl
monetary awards constitute the educational phase' of the pro- _ to understand and cooperate with their attorneys in pat
gram. An 6-room hospital, with personnel of 5. handles the
matters.
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rwKe^t requirements. The technical program Is based on a
Review of literature os Dust*. J. J. Fosses. Sa*a J. Oav
monthly inspection and report system designed to eliminate
POST. ANO GCNtrtsvs G. Mourn. U. S. Bur. Mines Bi
Plant problems fall into 6 categories: dust, heat, t No. 473, 333 pp. (1950). Price 65e from Supc of Oocumer
heavy lifting, moving machinery, add handling, nod ire. De
Govt. Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C--The book cone
tailed methods of dealing with each type of hazard are given.
a rflsume of the physiological 'effects of breathing dust, type
As a result of this program, the average accident frequency for ' injurious dusts, silicosis, methods of preventing dust disea.
the last live years has bees 11 disabling accidents per million _ methods of determining dusts in air. economic and legal asp<
man-hours worked. The 194S frequency for the clay-products
of dust diseases, and costs of compensation for silicosis.
industry as a whole was 19.53.
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Some ceramic ideas from Portland cement. V. D. Faicxirr*.
/. Can. Ceram. Sotf.. 19,83-72 (1950).--A high degree of develop- j meat in research and control methods has been reached in the
PATXNTS
Portland cement industry. Developments indicate tines of
Assembling slabs aad Idla furniture in ceramic kilns. Rz
attack in research in other branches of ceramics. Examples
AjourofieCa. Fr.952,662,May2,1949(Sept.3.194?);--A s
tnriode the quantitative use of phase diagrams la plant control, _ assemblage of high resistance to flexural stresses between the pc
qualitative determination of glass content by heae of solution,
is oboined by using a mortise and tenon joint between the sU
and phase identification by polish-eteh microscopy. G4LK.
and the posts.
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Technical education for tho elayworfcer. M. S. Wxrrxitotrax.
Produriag a eeraaie body having longitudinal passages. S
Ceramic*. 2 [15] 133-40 (1950).--W. gives a brief outline of the f tax Pao Otncsexoc a Hcrri Vfaesc. Naaooxi Pops
institutions where technical -education in ceramics can be ob
Brit 631419, Nov. 23, 1949 (June 23. 1943).--A ceramic h-
tained.
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Universities and eanzsie education- A. L. Roszxts. C<-
achanger is described. The body is hard porcelain or eerdicr to which mineralizers or plasticizers may be added: TiO- rr
ramics. 2 [15} 142*44 (1930).--la Great Britain the universities __ also b added. train technologists by (1) sound preliminary training in pure
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wrience and engineering and (2) systematic instruction in applying that science to specific industries. The University of Leeds
Additional abstract*
may he the first tn Great Britain to have a course leading to A Sect. Vffi: SUp easting. Sect. X: Measurement of the plus
B-Se. with honors in Ceramics.
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working properties of clays.
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Elements of Patent Law. Fans H. RKOOts. Cornell Univer
sity Press. Ithaca. N. Y-1949. 190 pp. Price 32.73. Reviewed
in Gum. Ind*., 66 [6} 916 (1950).
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Employment Outlook for Engineers. Prepared by Hasold
CocosTztx. Roscet \V. Cain, Coca E. Ta\xor. Chut** F.
ScxutMct,. ct At
S. Dept. Labor Bur. Labor Statistic* Bull.,
No. 968, U9 pp. (1930). Price 50e from Supt. of Documents,
Govt. Printing Office, Washington 25, 0. C.
General Treatise of the Technology of Silicates (Obshchi! kurs
tekhnologit silikatov): I and 1L Yu. M. Butt A.sb M. A.
\1atvccv. Published by Promstrotlzdat. Moscow, C.S.S.R..
1948. 352 pp. Price 12.50 rubles.--Part 1 covers the com-
position, characteristics, methods of benefieiatton, and txtrac*
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On the title page for Ceramic Abstracts published in the December 1950 issue, the Qzmmittee on Publications is listed incorrectly. The prment Committee is as follows: Karl Schwartxwalder, Chairman: R_ E. Birch, J. j. Cart-
field. and C. K. Hahner.
Reprints of the corrected title page have been made,
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xj^ arfaee-etive organic addition* b described, and flotation a
the properties aad mo of synthetic sapphire art briefly dcscriiwd
. "qwcstQjr discussed is retard to difficulties observed in practice.
Its melting point of 2050* makes it ideal for refractory supports
Starting from experience in the Arid of ore separation by flotation
at high temperatures, especially as its tensile properties renin
methods. the particular conditions for the flotation of carbonate
unchanged. It has also been used for furaaee tniptaioo win-
sa4 ySieate minerals arc described is detail, mchidiaf eakite and 9 riows. burner nozzles, atomizer orifices, aad extrusion dies for
cement raw materials, gypsum. barite, phosphorite, aad batte
work at very high temperature. 3 diagrams.'8 photos. WJL
ls Jb the chapter on the flotation of silicates. quartx-feidspar mparatioo is emphasized, aad the nature of the micas, vtrmfcu-
izruurs mucATiozs
fit*, and day minerals is explained. The last group comprise*
CUyworkcr's Handbook. 5th ed. Auus B.
the*aluminum silicates. sSlistaaite. aadalusite. aad kjawte. with
Chas. Griffin 3t Co.. Ltd^ London. 1949. 392 pp.. 4; fllustra-
hkh extensive experience was not available in Europe before
liens. Price 36.95 from Maptcton House. Brooklyn, jf. V.-The
IPil. and ether minerals such as spoduracne. beryl, etc. Addi- . materials, operations, and machinery for day working a general
lieoal suggestions arc given for mineral pigments (ocher*, hems-
are treated is a popular manner with many interesting and in-
cite. etc.).
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pisses for automatic welding. A. Pxtra.ix. Skldhkf Rack-
Kructive examples. References to current Gtcrature are in cluded. All operations is the use of day, mining, preparation,
My. 26 [2-31 26-33 (1950).--A part of the glass factopr in An* --i muting, forming, transportation, firing, packing, and tating. art
tontrrrt- Dul was converted for the manufacture of welding fluxes
acted. Oee of the most detailed chapters covers the causes and
co aid automatic welding processes similar to those used m making
cure of about 90 defects found in finished day products. The
XJberts* ships in the V. S. The fluxes (alkaline-earth sSieates)
chapter ou tests, analysis, and control gives details of instruments
contain 10 to 45*2 manganese and must be controlled to riseost*
needed for control. The appendix contains references to 333
ocs of 2 to 3 poises at 1300*C. expansions of 63 to 80 X I0"f.
hooks published before 292S aad a Est of 30 current journals.
and softening points of 600* to 6S0*C.
N.J.JC.
Measuring relative humidity--experiments with sintered
HJCJl. Engineering Method. John- Cxajmis Lovnsicty Fan. Stan-
ceramic blocks. A. C. Thomson*. Elec. Eeriew (London). H7 __ ford University Press. Stanford, Calif.. 1950. 186 pp.. 27 figures.
$05] 540-41 (1950).--Sintered ceramic blocks 4x3x2 mm. are
Price 33.00.--"The Engineering Method." organized in this
being investigated by the British Scientific Instrument Research
special volume from material presented originally in "The Engi
Assoe. as hygrometers. The electrical resistance may well change
neering Profession,** formulates for students the system of logic
from 1000 J/Q to 1 JfC when the relative humidity changes ^ aad reasoning that b the mark of the practicing engineer. Non
from 10 to 95?c. and the response is rapid. Development work
technical problems are solved by way of illustration, aad the steps
b in progress.
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of the method are enlarged. F. then discusses practical condi
Milestone in research. Axox. Am. Ceram. See. Butt.. 30
tions that control the use of the engineering method and solves
[1] 1--4 (1951). 7 photos.
_ four problems. Inescapable uncertainties in engineering work
patent law revision. Kav Gousscmc. Ckem. Inds^ 67
are studied in the final section, together with ways of coping with
;6! SS4-S5, 923 (1950).--The first general revision aad codifica
them.
tion of the patent iaws since 1S70. K. R. 9133. b discussed. The
General Survey of Work by Dr. Rysehktwitseh Largely in
proposed legislation -would consolidate existing legislation and ( Field of Ceramics. Prepared by Carnrazs Ftxsonnzl anp
provide for certain changes, such ai provbion for "use" patents
MiTirnt Branch, Mxlttajiy Intxujcxnci Drr.. U. S. Wax
in a limited sense, write into statutory law the doctrine of con
Dtraxrarayy. BJ.O^. Hue. Re?t,, No. 107,110 pp. H. if.
tributory infringement, set up an objective test or standard for
Stationery Office. Loudon. Price 9r. 7B 97,646, Office of Tech-
.determining invention, permit publication of pending applica
sical Services. Washington 25. D. C. price 32.75.--The paper
tions. allow changes by inventors under certain conditions, pro
b subdivided into five parts: (I) Is a general survey, the exten
vide for so-oiled patents of addition, and protect intervening
sive work in electrochemistry and ceramics done by Rysch-
rights where patents are reissued.
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kewitsch is outlined. Of particular interest are the fundamental
Progress in the technology of ceramics. Foux SAXsrons. j studies in the field of oxide ceramics, which are described in his
rirw.-Zcg. Tech.. 22,165-6S (1950): abstracted in Chtm. Zentr.,
book {Ceram. Abstracts, 1949, Oct., p. 233j), aad the successful
121 C (Si 929 (I950i.--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 m
fuel-fired furnace. The production of sintered (shrunk) alumina.
brisk masses (formation of the system AIjOj-FetO*): additions _ which was first started by Siemens (Werk Spandaui for heavy-
:> improve the plasticity of lean clays and kaolins. e.x,, by the
duty spark plugs, was. under the auspices of R^ developed to full
mixture CaO-Als(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 this field were advanced by R. His further work
of the humidity of the air on sifting (optimum 40 to fiO'"*).
ou high-refractive oxides included ZrOu BeO. MgO, etc Meth
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M-Ha.
ods and numerical data on the physical properties of the shrunk
j Report of the third International Confercnee of Experts on
oxides were systematically developed. The interesting problem
Pneumoconiosis. ANON. Sail. Inst.
J/rt, 1950, No. -- of the "fuel clement" with the highest possible thermodynamic
524. pp. 19-27.--None of the current concepts of the ways in
efficiency wus one of the first objectives of these studies of high-
which dust sets on the lungs b fully acceptable to the committee.
resistance oxides. The rich field of hard alloys, especially of car
Is gvneral 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 eondurive evidence
' (II) The yield strength of SiC with a ceramic binder for use as an
on the effectiveness or otherwise of Al powder inhalation in sili
abrasive b dealt with. The body, on a day.feldspar-quartz
cosis. An appendix outlines suggestions for an international
basis, had the Seger formula 0.1 alkali. 0.2 A!;Oi: 1.0 SiO-. The
scheme for the classification of radiographs in some of the pneu- -- samples were pressed is steel molds, sintered, and- examined by
StVUuiovc*.
\VA.
ceramic methods. The maximum strength of the mixture* wu
Statistical consideration on the
of powdery materials.
attained at sintering temperatures increasing-with the addition
StJWCHt MiyagL J. Cere*. Auoe. Japan, 5* (634 ] 417-20
of SiC. as a consequence of the defective molecular contact of SiC
IP.**) i.--Mixturo of calcium carbonate and silica were analyzed. t with the ceramic bond. The coated grains support the silicate
from the analytical data the completeness of mixing b dis
body with slight temporary deformation as long as their amount
used.
K.Y.
b not too large. (Ill) This part, published in Bet. dent, keram.
Stream pollution: Its prevention and control. Mn.vt.s- Xoas.
Get., 1942. 1944. and 1943. concerns the bending strengths of
Imds.. 67 {Cl 893-96,904 (1950).--Stream pollution, stream -- pure shrunk oxide ceramics. These data and those, in.the follow
*-nitatioh. and the dispersion of waste effluents are discussed.
ing part (IV) belong to the fundamental facts of modem oxute
Thr treatment of waste-* is considered under the headings of
ceramics and deserve 3 particularly careful study (for details see
Rwhunkal separation, hydraulic separation, chcmicut cougula-
R.*s boob). (V) The chemical resistance of sintered oxides is
Hun, chemical and physical reactions, disinfection, and biological j discussed, especially of crucibles for laboratory ux made of
*wds. - What the law says. Ibid.. pp. Jfl)7-9N. N. discusses the
AlsOs. BcO. ZtOu ThOi and spinel. The results are expressed
liabilities.
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in curves of "integral corrosion." at constant temperature* wirtr
Synthesis of sapphire: a new British indussy. K. W. Bkown.
molten soda and NaOH. Under special conditions, the chemical
Inurnment Practice, 5 [2] 86-94 (1950).--The furnace used and
resistance of BeO can be considerably improved.
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