Fire clay

 

 

 

Fire clay

 

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Fire clay

 

Meaning of term fire clay

Clay capable of being subjected to a high temperature without fusing, and therefore used for making crucibles in which glass batches are melted. Fire clay is rich silica, but it contains only small amounts of lime, iron, and alkali.

 

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http://web.simmons.edu/~boyd3/lis419/thesaurus/thesaurus.xls

Corning Museum of Glass | Glass dictionary. (1993). Retrieved February 12, 2008, from http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=687.

 

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