These guidelines introduce the principles, testing and assessment of corrosion of refractories by liquids (molten metals, metallurgical slags, glasses, fluxes etc.) and describe four commonly used test methods.
-   Method A: Corrosion testing by the crucible test;
-   Method B: Corrosion testing by the finger-dip test;
-   Method C: Corrosion testing by the rotary slag test;
-   Method D: Corrosion testing by the induction crucible test.

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