ganister
Americannoun
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a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
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a synthetic product similar to this rock, made by mixing ground quartz with a bonding material.
noun
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a highly refractory siliceous sedimentary rock occurring beneath coal seams: used for lining furnaces
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a similar material synthesized from ground quartz and fireclay
Etymology
Origin of ganister
First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
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Harbison-Walker in shaping their bricks squeeze their clay or ganister mixture into a long greyish bar which, as it crawls out the mold, resembles a creeping crocodile.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dust varies according to the stone, but wherever there is quartz, flint, ganister, sandstone, granite, there silica particles lead all the rest.
From Time Magazine Archive
After covering all the exposed steel surfaces with ganister, the plates are put in a gas furnace and heated to a welding heat.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
For furnace linings, the quartzite or ganister must be exceptionally pure.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Very few fireclays meet all these requirements, and it is usual to mix a certain proportion of ground firebrick, ganister, sand or clay with the fireclay before making up.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
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