• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.632-636
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• 2003

To prepare the alumina cement free vibrated alumina castable, $\rho$-alumina is employed as a binder material, and nano-sized clay is added to enhance the curing strength and give thixotropic behavior. The rheological behavior of matrix of castable is controlled by investigating the influences of ultrafines, $\rho$-alumina, and nano-sized clay on the viscosity of matrix. The microsilica and ultrafine alumina were added 3 wt% and 4 wt%, respectively to the matrix, which showed that the viscosities tends to be lowest values. The rheological property of the matrix is well established by adding $\rho$-alumina as 8 wt% and clay as 4 wt%. The thixotropic behavior of the $\rho$-alumina bonded castable was appeared by introducing nano-sized clay into the matrix and adjusting the pH near to the PZC of the clay suspension.

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.141.1-141
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.115.2-115.2
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.140.2-140
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• 2003