**Author details**

Dina H.A. Besisa and Emad M.M. Ewais\*

\*Address all correspondence to: dr\_ewais@hotmail.com

Refractory & Ceramic Materials Division (RCMD), Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI), Cairo, Egypt

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