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ganister
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ganister [′gan·ə·stər]
(materials)
A fine mixture of quartz and fireclay which is used to line certain furnaces for metallurgical processes.
(petrology)
A fine, hard quartzose sandstone; used to make refractory silica brick to line furnace reactors.

ganister
A product made by mixing ground quartz with a bonding material such as fireclay.


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It was mixed with ground gannister, a fine-grained, hard sandstone, and used to line the iron works' furnaces.
 
 
 
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