作者：Geoff Evans

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刊名：The Refractories Engineer

ISSN：1362-4547

出版年：2012-01-05

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期：Jan.

起页：14

止页：15

分类号：TQ175.7

语种：英文

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内容简介

Within the world market for refractories, the glass industry is very much 'a small fish in a big pond' - with an annual demand of only ~ 1 million tonnes. By value, the main components of this demand are the fusion-cast materials - which are the backbone of glass furnace construction (- see Fig.l.) Some of these different refractories create both serious limitations, and some potential major opportunities, for both the glassmaker and the refractory supplier - as outlined below.