[TheForge] Free Firebrick, Portland, OR area

[Craig Schaefer]

Dave, 
These don't appear to be used, as they are not discolored at all.  They 
were originally sold by the company (not to me), so I am guessing they 
didn't consider them a liability.


CraigS
Gresham, OR

David E. Smucker wrote:

>Do you know if it came from the smelting pots themselves?  If so they may
>have a rather high contamination with fluorides from the smelting process
>itself.  I would not use such firebrick myself.  If the firebrick is new, it
>should be OK to use or if the brick came from metal transfer pots that
>should not be a problem.  I am a retired mechanical engineer who spent 32
>years with ALCOA.  (Aluminum Co. of America).  "Spent pot lining" as we
>called them are considered a hazardous waste.  This is because of the
>fluoride salts that become part of the lining in use.  We (Alcoa) would not
>let spent pot lining out of our control.  I don't know what Reynolds used to
>do.  (Reynolds is now owned by ALCOA).  On the other had we would scrap used
>firebrick from transfer pots, and melting furnaces with no issue.  Surplus
>new brick would sold / scraped depending on how much someone wanted to get
>rid of.
>
>Dave Smucker
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Craig Schaefer" <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:57 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Free Firebrick, Portland, OR area
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>>Hey, guys,
>>I have some firebrick that I want to get rid of.  It is the old brick
>>that was used to line the pots at the old Reynolds Aluminum plant.  Some
>>look used, some don't and I have about 100 of them, maybe a few more.
>>Don't know what the composition is, but I put one in my gas forge for
>>about 30 minutes until it was cherry red all over.  Cooled it and there
>>doesn't seem to be any degradation.  I use them as a backdrop to a coal
>>forge I have.
>>Free to anyone who wants to pick them up.
>>
>>Contact me at craig.schaefer at verizon.net
>>
>>thanks,
>>
>>CraigS
>>Gresham, OR
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