People first started making ceramics thousands of years ago pottery glass and brick are among the oldest human invented materials and we re still designing brand new ceramic materials today things like catalytic converters for today s cars and high temperature superconductors for tomorrow s computers.
Ceramic used for bricks.
Kiln bricks also referred to as fire bricks or refractory bricks are made from ceramic refractory material that can withstand extremely high temperatures such as those achieved in kiln firings.
Ceramic or fired brick was used as early as 3000 bc in early indus valley cities like kalibangan.
Building bricks for extreme weather.
These bricks were made of red clay fired on all sides to above 600 c and used as flooring for houses.
The bricks typically line the inside of a kiln furnace fireplace etc and serve as great insulators making heat loss minimal and energy use.
These are samples of common materials used to create bricks and researchers often experiment with modifying levels of clay sand lime fly ash cement and other materials in any given brick to find combinations with optimal properties.
Ceramic building material often abbreviated to cbm is an umbrella term used in archaeology to cover all building materials made from baked clay it is particularly but not exclusively used in relation to roman building materials.
The earliest fired bricks appeared in neolithic china around 4400 bc at chengtoushan a walled settlement of the daxi culture.