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Refractory Ceramics Division
Alfred W. Allen Award

This biennial award was established to honor Alfred W. Allen's legacy as an educator, technical contributor and supporter of the Refractory Ceramics Division. The award committee shall select as the biennial award recipient, from the technical literature of the last two years, the author(s) of the technical paper on refractory ceramics which reflects the highest level of technical quality.

Alfred W. Allen Award Winners

1982 – Ranjit K. Ghose and James E. White, “Constitutional Factors Affecting the Relationship Between CaO/SiO₂ Ratio and Hot Strength in Magnesia-Based Refractories, “ Trans. J. Brit Ceram. Soc., Vol. 79, pp. 146-53, 1980.

1983 – John Sweeney and Mark Cross, “Analyzing the Stress Response of Commercial Refractory Structures in Service at High Temperature:  A Simple Model of Viscoelastic Stress Response” and “II. A Thermal Stress Model for Refractory Structures,” Trans. J. Brit. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 25-28 and No. 2, pp. 47-52, 1982.

1984 – Robert O. Russell and Gary D. Morrow, “Characteristics of Refractories Used in Teeming Ladles,” Iron & Steelmaker, July 1983.

1985 – Wate T. Bakker, Ulrich Gerhardus, Sherman Greenberg, and Meinholf Trondt, “Refractory Practice in Slagging Gasifiers, “ Ceram. Bull., pp. 870-6, July 1984.

1986 – Brian Rand and O. Serdar Ozgen, “Kinetics of Oxidation of the Graphite Phase in Alumina/Graphite Materials,” Brit Ceram Trans J, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 70-76, 1985.

1987 – Robert O. Russell

1992 – Claude Allaire, Michel Rigaud, and Serge Dallaire, “Basic Phosphate-Bonded Castables from Dolomitic-Magnesite Clinkers,” J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 72 (9) 1698-1703 (1989).

1994 – J. Tu, R.B. Fortuna, and S.C. Su, “Microstructure, Phase Composition and Properties of an Olivine Based Castable,” pp. 506-516, UNITECR ’93.

1996 – K.N. Singh, C.R. Beechan, T.J. Russo, W.S. Howanski, and B. Brezny, “Reducing Thermally Induced Stresses in BOF Linings,” pp. 491-498, 1995 Steelmaking Conference Proceedings.

1998 – Gord Cuthbert, Reg White, Brian Martin, Chris Doyle, Juan Hrepic, and Carlos Diaz, “The Effect of Slag Composition Control on the Performance of Magnesite-Chrome Refractory Linings in Top Blown Rotary Converters,” pp.381-392, Advances in Refractories for the Metallurgical Industries II, Canadian Institute Mining, Metals, Petr., 8/96 Montreal.

2000 – A.A. Weresczak, T.P. Kirkland, and W.F. Curtis, “Creep of CaO/SiO₂-containing MgO Refractories,” J. Mater. Sci., 34 (1999)

pp. 215-227.

2002 – Michel Rigaud, Stefan Palco, and Ningsheng Zhou, “Alumina and Magnesia-Based Castables Containing Graphite: Comparison”

2004 – S. Ramachandran, K.D. Peaslee, and J.D. Smith, “Thermochemistry of Steel-Refractory Interactions in Continuous Casting Nozzles,” Iron and Steelmaker, 11 (2003) pp.55-63.

2006 – Y.A. Marques, R.G. Pileggi,  F.A.O. Valenzuela, M.A.L. Braulio, and V.C. Pandolfelli, “Setting Additives Influence on the Thermomechanical Properties of Wet Shotcrete Refractory Castable Matrices,” Ceram. Bull.,

pp. 9201-9206, 2005.