jonathan Seethaler

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Ya, I know. However, since I realize that there aren't many good sources of information for this kind of stuff as I have recently looked for information I figured it might help some wandering soul in the future.
11 years ago
First off, you can buy fireclay at your local hardware store most likely. I know that the Home Depot near me sells it by the bag (probably around 50-80 lbs).

when I googled melting points for the different ingredients I found:
sand - melting point 1600C 2900f
Portland Cement - melting point 1200C 2200f
fire clay - melting point 1500C 2750f

assuming that the mixture is measured by weight I'm pretty sure that you can just average out the temperatures. (3*2900 + 2200 + 2750)/5 = 2730f
11 years ago