Dr Brian Monaghan

 
Dr Brian  Monaghan Pyrometallurgical Group Leader; Senior Lecturer

Address: School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronics
Univeristy of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522
Phone: 02 4221 4580
Fax: 02 4221 3112
Email: brian_monaghan@uow.edu.au
Webpage: http://www.uow.edu.au/eng/staff/monaghan.html
Research Group:
UWollongong, Engineering, Mechanical Materials & Mechatronic, Materials
 

Role in the network

Experienced Researcher (ER)  

Materials Research Focus

Materials solutions for advanced manufacturing  

Current Research Activities

Generally involved in research involving the kinetics and thermodynamics of high temperature materials processing. Current projects include

Surface tension effects on coke dissoltion in liquid iron

Coke reactivity at high temperatures

Slag reactivity and its effect on containment materials

Welding fume kinetics
 

Selected Publications

External Publication List

Nightingale, S.A., Brooks, G.A, and Monaghan, B.J.: Degradation of MgO Refractory in CaO-SiO2-MgO-FeOx and CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-FeOx Slags under Complex Flow Conditions, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 36B, 2005, pp453-461.

Monaghan B.J and Brooks R.: Thermo-Physical Properties of Slags for Process Control, Ironmaking and Steelmaking, Vol. 29, 2002, p115.

Quested, P.N., Brooks, R.F., Monaghan, B.J. and Mills, K.C.: Some Cautionary Notes in the Measurement and use of Thermophysical Property, High Temperatures-High Pressures, Vol.34, 2002, p253.

Quested, P.N. and Monaghan B.J.: The Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Slags and Fluxes, High Temperature Materials and Processes, Vol. 20, 2001, p219.

Monaghan B.J. and Quested P.N.: Thermal Diffusivity of Iron at High Temperatures in both the Liquid and Solid States, ISIJ International, Vol. 41, 2001, p1524.

Monaghan, B.J.: A Four-Probe dc Method for Measuring the Electrical Resistivities of Molten Metals, International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 20, 1999, p677.

Nasu, M., Mills, K.C., Monaghan, B.J., Jakobsson, A., and Seetharaman, S.: The Effect of Slag Metal Interfacial Tension on the Kinetics of Dephosphorisation, Ironmaking and Steelmaking, Vol. 26, 1999, p353.

Monaghan, B. J., Pomfret, R.J. and Coley K.S.: The Kinetics of Dephosphorisation of Carbon Saturated Iron Using a Lime Based Slag, Metallurgical Transactions B, Vol. 29B, 1998, p111.

Mills, K. C., Monaghan, B.J. and Keene B.J.: Thermal Conductivities of Molten Metals: Part 1 Pure Metals, International Materials Reviews, Vol. 41, 1996, p 209.

Monaghan, B.J. , Pomfret, R. and Coley, K.: Kinetics of Hot Metal Dephosphorisation using Lime Based Slags, The Charles Benjamin Alcock Symposium on High Temperature Materials Chemistry, edt. Steele B.C.H., Institute of Materials, U.K., October 1993, p253
 

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

Vice Chair of the Australian Chapter of the AIST
Memeber of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan  

Awards and Distinctions

2002 Young Scientist European Thermophysical Properties Award: Conferred every 3 years in honour of outstanding merits and scientific achievements in the Thermophysics Field.  

Professional Recognition and Outreach

Honeywell Summer School(2005) and ASMV(2004)  

International Linkages

Previous collaborations with the UK's National Physical Laboratory, Imperial College London and McMaster University, Hamilton Canada.

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