firebrick
noun
fire·brick
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbrik 
: a refractory brick capable of sustaining high temperatures that is used especially for lining furnaces or fireplaces
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Nearly ten years of research at MIT resulted in tweaking metal oxides to perform as the Joule Hive firebricks.
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
The researchers used computer models to compare costs, land needs, health impacts, and emissions for two scenarios: one where firebricks provided 90% of industrial process heat and one in which no firebricks were used.
—New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Across the 149 countries, compared to the scenario where firebricks weren’t used, using firebricks was found to cut capital costs in 2050 by a substantial US$1.27 trillion.
—New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Keep the firebricks in place by corralling them behind a strip of molding, attached where the hearth extension meets the flooring in the room.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The other is lined with furnace cement, then covered with firebricks laid in place without mortar.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
Set inside a circular wooden fence a few miles out of town, with the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains looming in the background, the pyre itself is a utilitarian structure: two waist-high stuccoed concrete walls lined inside with firebrick, and spanned by a plain metal grate.
—New York Times, 18 May 2022
Siemens built a new glass furnace with a small network of firebrick tubes.
—Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
Its dense firebrick floor draws and holds the fire’s heat; the insulated crown stores heat overhead, balancing the thermal mass and radiating heat downward.
—Janet Fletcher, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
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Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
The researchers used computer models to compare costs, land needs, health impacts, and emissions for two scenarios: one where firebricks provided 90% of industrial process heat and one in which no firebricks were used.
—New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Across the 149 countries, compared to the scenario where firebricks weren’t used, using firebricks was found to cut capital costs in 2050 by a substantial US$1.27 trillion.
—New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
Keep the firebricks in place by corralling them behind a strip of molding, attached where the hearth extension meets the flooring in the room.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The other is lined with furnace cement, then covered with firebricks laid in place without mortar.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
Set inside a circular wooden fence a few miles out of town, with the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains looming in the background, the pyre itself is a utilitarian structure: two waist-high stuccoed concrete walls lined inside with firebrick, and spanned by a plain metal grate.
—New York Times, 18 May 2022
Siemens built a new glass furnace with a small network of firebrick tubes.
—Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
Its dense firebrick floor draws and holds the fire’s heat; the insulated crown stores heat overhead, balancing the thermal mass and radiating heat downward.
—Janet Fletcher, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
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firebrick
noun
fire·brick
-ˌbrik
: a brick capable of resisting great heat and used for lining furnaces or fireplaces
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