This collection of over 200 papers from the 9th Biennial Worldwide Congress on Refractories is broad-ranging and diverse in perspective. Topics include steelmaking refractories, castable technology, global refractories education and technology and industrial applications. Numerous papers are from representatives from major international steel companies.

JEFFREY D. SMITH, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. Dr. Smith is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society and his current research interests include high temperature materials, condensed and non-condensed phase equilibria, high temperature corrosion processes, and characterization of ceramics.