Homemade Fire Bricks - Steemit

Home » How To Make Fire Bricks » Homemade Fire Bricks - Steemit

Maybe your like

×
  • Sign in
  • Sign up 
  • Welcome
  • EnglishFrench françaisItalian italianoJapanese 日本語Korean 한국어PolishRussian русскийSpanish EspañolUkranian Українська
  • FAQ
  • Switch to Night Mode
  • Stolen Accounts Recovery 
  • Change Account Password 
  • Vote for Witnesses 
  • Steem Proposals 
  • Third-party exchanges:
  • Poloniex 
  • Advertise 
  • Jobs at Steemit 
  • Developer Portal 
  • Steem Bluepaper 
  • SMT Whitepaper 
  • Steem Whitepaper 
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Homemade Fire Bricksin #firebricks • 8 years ago

I have been been working on some recipes to make a homemade refractory fire brick.

A46202C4-2459-4D84-BFEB-80671A189CBD.jpeg

Initially I was building them with sand and clay and they would just crack when I fired them. Then I discovered sodium silicate.

Sodium silicate is easily made from common household chemicals (drain cleaner and kitty litter!), and is essentially a high temperature glue.

So the first bricks I made were a mix of sand and perlite bonded with sodium silicate. They work really well and most importantly withstand high heat.

I have also experimented with calcium hydroxide (lime) as the melting point of calcium oxide is over 2700 Celsius. The mix was lime and perlite bonded with sodium silicate which set so quickly i could barely mould it.

The photo below shows the result of a gas burner on the lime brick for about 2 minutes. It seems to hold up to a high temperature very well. I am ordering some aluminium oxide to make bricks from as well. A6D1A01C-2320-454E-AC06-8166D04D2BED.jpeg

 #refractory #hightemp #lime #perlite 8 years ago in #firebricks by $0.09
  • Past Payouts $0.09
  • - Author $0.07
  • - Curators $0.02
2 votes
  • + riostarr
  • + caseym
Reply 0↑

Tag » How To Make Fire Bricks