Federation for International Refractory Research and Education
FIRE-ECerS Summer School Torino June 2019
The Summer School on “Ultra refractories Thermo-structural composites Refractories” was organised by ECerS, FIRE and the Politecnico di Torino, at campus Ligotto in Torino, Italy, on 14th and 15th June 2019.
There were 68 registered participants from 18 countries (China, Italy, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Korea, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, United Kingdom, India, Austria, Germany, Poland, United States and France).
High quality courses were given during 2 days by:
- Prof. M. Rigaud, Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
- Prof. In-Ho Jung, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Prof. J. Poirier, CEMHTI-CNRS, University of Orleans, France
- Dr T. Tonnesen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Prof. F. Rebillat, LCTS, University of Bordeaux, France
- Prof. Y. Kagawa, Tokyo University of Technology, Hachioji, Japan
- Dr M. Balat Pichelin, PROMES-CNRS, France
- Prof. J. Binner, School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK
- Dr F. Monteverde, ISTEC-CNR, Italy
- Prof. E. Opila, Dpt. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, USA
Covering topics such as:
- Design, characteristics, applications and degradation of high and ultra-high temperature ceramics
- Thermodynamics: phase diagram and chemical reaction
- Reactivity and corrosion of refractories by liquid and gas
- Reactivity and corrosion of ceramic matrix composites
- Reactivity and corrosion of ceramic matrix composites
- Reactivity and corrosion of ultra-high ceramics
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