Refractory Technology
Beryllia (which is used in making crucibles for melting uranium & thorium) is superior to alumina in all respects for high temperature (> 1900°C ) use, except

Cost
Fusion point
Electrical conductivity
Thermal conductivity

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Refractory Technology
Quartz is

Stable form of silica upto 870°C
Converted to tridymite on firing between 870 to 1470°C
Transformed to crystoballite on heating above 1470°C
All of these

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