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firebrick::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | brick |
Examples of firebrick
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Using their district grant, they purchased chimneys, griddles and firebrick.
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The firebox should be structurally sound and lined with firebrick.
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Firebrick, made to line fireplaces and chimneys, fits the bill.
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I recall our heavy, cast-iron wok stove lined with firebrick that was his equipment of choice.
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One hand-built firebrick oven later, it's time to dig in.
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Refractory materials such as firebrick, castable refractories and ceramic fibre, are used for insulation.
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That oven featured a Le Panyol core made of special firebrick, designed to fire up quickly and hold the heat.
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Water, when mixed with accumulated creosote, forms an acid that eats away the mortar that bonds the firebrick lining to the firebox.
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Only one yard was open that day, way across town, but one 45-minute drive later, I was happily loading firebrick into my car.
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- Brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys
- A fire brick, firebrick, or refractory brick is a block of refractory ceramic material used in lining furnaces, kilns, fireboxes, and fireplaces. A refractory brick is built primarily to withstand high temperature, but should also usually have a low thermal conductivity to save energy. ...
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- Refractory bricks used to build the Oven Dome of the Pompeii Oven. Typically made from about 30% alumina and 60% silica, they can withstand rapid heat-up and cool-down cycles without spalling (flaking) or cracking. Read our Brick Primer for more.
- Brick made of refractory clay or other material which resists high temperatures.
- Bricks made of a mixture of clay and ground stone (ganister) that can withstand the high temperatures in a blast furnace.
- A brick that is especially hard and heat-resistant. Used in fireplaces.
- Special clay brick that can be exposed to extremely high temperature change without damage; used in furnaces, fireplaces and similar high temperature areas.
- Brick composed of clay and silica and designed to withstand high temperatures such as those found in a firebox.
