Federation for International Refractory Research and Education
Compendium Series
In order to further promote refractory research and education, FIRE launched in 2018 a compendium series in association and in partnership with Goller-Verlag publishing to make refractory science and technology available to academia, students, refractory raw material suppliers, producers, users and others interested in the refractory industry.
The FIRE Compendium Series are dedicated to a readership of academia, students, refractory manufacturers and refractory user industries from the sectors of iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, aluminium, cement, lime, glass and ceramics, high-performance composites and coatings, foundry, petrochemical, power generating and waste incineration.
The 4 volumes of the FIRE Compendium Series gives you a full overview on the following Refractory topics:
- Vol. 1 - Refractory: Castable Engineering
- Vol. 2A - Corrosion of Refractories: the fundamentals
- Vol. 2B - Corrosion of Refractories: testing and characterization methods
- Vol. 2C - Corrosion of Refractories : the impact of Corrosion
The Volume 1 addresses the fundamentals of refractory castable engineering with three distinct themes being presented in a sequence that not only considers the formulation concepts and properties but also the features and the optimization of different systems. This book represents unrivalled peer reviewed content in terms of castable engineering compared to previous publications and provides the reader with a unifying holistic view of such complex subject.
The three books of Volume 2 are intending to serve not only as reference books but also to serve for educational purposes, hence should be of interest to academia, students and research engineers in this field of expertise. Wear by corrosion of refractory materials remain a major concern for plant operators, manufacturers of refractories, installers and refractory engineers involved in R&D and Education in this field of expertise.
Volume 3 about Mechanical Properties is planned!
Last news
Meet us at ICR 2026 in Aachen in September!
We are pleased to inform the community that FIRE is media partner of the 2026 ICR Conference that will take place on 16th and 17th September in Aachen, Germany.
Highlight of FIRE Alumni - Mathilda Derensy - Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering, RWTH Aachen University - Germany
My interest in refractories began during my engineering studies in ceramics at ENSCI Limoges, when I discovered that the refractory specialisation offered an international research experience through the FIRE program. I quickly realised that refractories are far more complex and fascinating than simple bricks.
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