Corporate Body

CSIRO Cement and Refractories Section (1960 - 1962)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
11 April 1960
Australia
To
1 July 1962
Functions
Industrial or scientific research

Summary

The CSIRO Cement and Refractories Section replaced the Cement and Ceramics Section in 1960. The Section continued to be part of the CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratores. In 1962 the Section became the Division of Applied Mineralogy.

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From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 60:
"After the war, the [Cement] Section entered the field of ceramics and demonstrated the suitability of Australian clays for whiteware manufacture. Shortly afterwards, one of Britain's largest tableware manufacturers set up a factory in Melbourne.

Since then, most of the work on orthodox ceramic products has been transferred elsewhere, and the section's second interest is now in refractories and allied materials. The Section has accordingly been renamed the Cement and Refractories Section. "

Chronology

11 April 1960 - 1 July 1962
Operational event - Officer-in-Charge, Arthur John Gaskin

Timeline

 1958 - 1960 CSIRO Cement and Ceramic Section
       1960 - 1962 CSIRO Cement and Refractories Section
             1962? - 1970 CSIRO Division of Applied Mineralogy
                   1971 - 1984 CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
                         1977 - 1980 CSIRO Fuel Geoscience Unit
                         1984 - 1985 CSIRO Division of Mineralogy and Geochemistry
                               1980 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels
                               1985 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Minerals and Geochemistry
                                     1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Coal Technology
                                     1988 - 1993 CSIRO Division of Exploration and Geoscience
                                           1990 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology
                                           1993 - CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining
                                           1993 - CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources
                                                 c. 1995 - CSIRO Energy Technology

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