Firebrick

Word FIREBRICK
Character 9
Hyphenation firebrick
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Firebrick"

What do we mean by firebrick?

A refractory brick, usually made of fire clay, used for lining furnaces, fireboxes, chimneys, or fireplaces. noun

A brick made of material which will not fuse readily in a kiln or furnace: used for lining furnaces, etc. noun

A brick made of fire clay, used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys. noun

A brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming. noun

Brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys noun

A brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.

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The word "firebrick" in example sentences

Typically, firebrick has a more yellowish colour and is more ceramic in appearance with little or no porosity to the brick. ❋ Unknown (2008)

NOAH ADAMS: A small white house, a work shed and sales room, stacks of firewood around, a 30-foot-long kiln made from firebrick - here is the potter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

PS - loved the firebrick one daisybones on March 04, 2008 ❋ Unknown (2008)

The top of my firebrick kiln AF-99 is always warm and just hanging out, wishing that it could be of use too. ❋ Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson (2008)

I gave that up a couple years later when somebody slipped a firebrick in on me ... ❋ Steve Perry (2007)

The technique uses factory-built fireplaces that are lined with standard firebrick and look like masonry fireplaces. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mushtaq made his knives using the lowest of low-tech methods in a traditional manner, hammering and forging the high-carbon tool steel by hand, using gas-fed firebrick ovens and open fires and anvils and suchlike that would have been at home back in the dawn of space flight, even before. ❋ Steve Perry (2006)

Right now, the power train stops at the big flywheel, but the engine is complete, and Yarrl has fired up the boiler at low temperatures several times to help temper the firebrick. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1994)

The wiry young man has never mentioned his abilities to sense the level of heat within the firebrick, or the order within the iron, nor does he intend to, not after his brief visit in Fairhaven. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1994)

It consists of a firebrick-lined steel drum resting on rolers. ❋ Unknown (1993)

This has the double purpose of ensuring good mixing and of transferring the heat of the firebrick lining to the frit as this constantly moves over it. ❋ Unknown (1993)

This type of press could be used for firebrick pressing, and even for tiles, but those who have tried it say that it is slow and produces uneven work. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The most practical solution is an insulating firebrick wall backed up by ordinary blocks. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Generally, solid heavy firebrick arches spanning less than 1.5 m are laid with 12 cm thickness, up to 4 m spans 23 cm thickness and above that 34 cm is used. ❋ Unknown (1987)

But the bond clay should not vitrify excessively or fuse because if the firebrick becomes too dense it will tend to spell after long use though a high grog content will counterbalance this tendency. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The hot firebrick is then picked out of the kiln and plunged into water of room temperature. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The inside of the brick mould should measure the size of the finished brick plus the total drying and firing shrinkage which can be determined from the testing of the firebrick mixture (p. 40 f.). ❋ Unknown (1987)

A square brick arch will have thick outer joints and these should be filled with broken firebrick pieces. ❋ Unknown (1987)

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