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Elutriation
A process of particle size separation in which particles of a given size are carried upwards by a stream of fluid moving at a constant velocity.
End arch or Wedge
A brick in which the large faces are inclined towards each other in such a way that one of the end faces is narrower than the other.
End face
In a standard square, one of the faces is bounded by the two shortest dimensions.
End feather or Feather end
A brick, one of the large faces of which is inclined from the top of one end face to the bottom of the opposite one, where the thickness is reduced normally to zero.
End skew
A brick in which one end face makes an angle of 60O with one of the side faces and 120O with the other which of reduced length.
Erosion of Refractories
Wearing away of refractory surfaces by the washing action of moving liquids and gases.
Eutectic temperature
The lowest melting temperature in a series of mixtures of two or more components.
Exfoliation
The property possessed by certain materials, for example vermiculites and hydro-biotites, when submitted to sudden heating, to expand permanently in a direction parallel to the C-axis, forming a laminar texture.
Expansion joint
Space left in brick-work to accommodate the expansion which occurs on heating the furnace.
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