Fire Brick
Description
Firebrick is a kind of brick that can withstand high
temperatures, used to line flues, stacks, furnaces,
and fireplaces. In general, such bricks have high
melting points that range from about 1500°C. They
also should resist the chemicals in slag and not
spall. Firebricks are not good insulators, so a special
insulating firebrick of highly porous has low
conductivity and low heat content but a low melting
point of only about 850°C1500°
C. Refractory
mortar is required to bind firebricks together.