Sometimes the term fireclay is used only for the clays lying below and between coalseams. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
A standard mixture is 75% bauxite grog and 25% fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
Insulating firebricks are made of a mixture of fireclay and sawdust. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
A saggar body could be 60% silimanite, 30% fireclay and 10% plastic clay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
Small amounts of frit for testing are easily made in a fireclay crucible. From Wordnik.com. [7. Frits and fritmaking] Reference
A typical clay body for stands is fireclay with about 30 % fine grog (60 mesh and below). From Wordnik.com. [4. Plastic clay forming] Reference
Earthenware clays low in iron oxide can often be used with additions of fireclay or kaolin. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
However, there is a good chance of finding a suitable fireclay where coal-seams are located. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
The continuous-flow frit kiln uses a kiln with a sloping floor, made of fireclay refractories. From Wordnik.com. [7. Frits and fritmaking] Reference
Lancaster County, this stove was built of fireclay and brick; but the food it heated was honest Deitsch. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
A temperature that will make steel run like water and melt down fireclay has absolutely no effect upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
The ware to be fired was first arranged in fireclay boxes called saggars which were then placed inside the oven. From Wordnik.com. [Bottle Ovens] Reference
A good protection is a layer of fireclay laid upon the more delicate parts, such for instance as any screwed part. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
This tube projects from the fireclay casing into the medium to be examined, and can be pushed in or out as required. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
Often the best solution is mixing two different clays, e.g. a fusible stoneware clay with a fireclay or kaolin clay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
The grate can be made of iron bars but they will soon wear out and grates made of fireclay bars (fig. 2-50) are more durable. From Wordnik.com. [2. Kilns] Reference
Their ends are connected at the top to two conductors, which pass down inside the tube and end in a fireclay plug at the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
Here the pyrometer itself consists of a set of tubes one inside the other, and all inclosed for safety in a large tube of fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
To return to the bricks in the London market: we have firebricks made of fireclay, and almost vitrified and capable of standing intense heat. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
The body for this should be made from a fine-grained fireclay or by mixing kaolin, silica sand and plastic clay in the following proportions: kaolin. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
In Tanzania iron smelters use a highly refractory clay for their furnaces, and in Nepal the brass makers use a local fireclay for their casting moulds. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
When zircon is used to make pressmoulded items, an addition of 10% fireclay is necessary 'while items to be hand-moulded or thrown on the wheel need 30 - 40% clay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
The material for the bridge and the flue ports are firebricks and fireclay; these are rather expensive, but I learnt a wrinkle in the building up of bridge and flues. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker's Catechism] Reference
Apart from kaolin, fireclay and silica sand, which can usually be found locally, the other refractory materials listed above normally have to be purchased from a supplier. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
Metal lattice work may be fastened or laid in the top framework and used to support a layer of firebrick bound together with a mixture of one-third cement and two-thirds fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference
The intricate marble tile surrounding this fireclay tub is amazing. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
The fireclay seems not to be in - ferior to that of Dover, Ohio, which it resembles greatly. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
Energy company The Banks Group submitted plans last December to extract coal and fireclay from a site near Breich. From Wordnik.com. Reference
After packing the work carefully in the boxes the lids are sealed or luted with fireclay to keep out any gases from the fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel] Reference
He jobs in technology dunlin with the unmutilated malathion that he mbundu a faded resonator or loch diapensiales in a fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
Stoves were made of fireclay and mica, which would give both heat and light and would be more efficient than the open fireplaces. From Wordnik.com. [Space Prison] Reference
I know I've heard of fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
(d) 2 grog (or sand) 1 fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
(or fireclay) sink. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(a) fireclay. From Wordnik.com. [1. Refractories] Reference
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