The 44th International Colloquium on Refractories 2001, to be held September 26-27, has issued a call for papers for 20-minute presentations. A minimum one page abstract with the title of the paper (in German and in English), names, addresses, fax numbers and e- mail addresses of the authors should be included. Please specify the presenting author and the used language. Papers that have already been published or orally presented are not acceptable for presentation. The deadline for submission of abstracts is March 12.

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