• Question: what is a brick made of

    Asked by edward321 to Anil, Blanka, Cees, Emma, Mike on 27 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Emma Trantham

      Emma Trantham answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Good question – I had to look this one up!

      Apparently bricks are usually made up mostly of sand and clay with a few other ingredients. The clay and sand are mixed with water, put into a mould (so that they make brick shapes) and they are then fired (basically burned!) at nearly 1000 degrees C

      There are other types of bricks as well which one of the other scientists may know more about.

    • Photo: Blanka Sengerova

      Blanka Sengerova answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Great answer, Emma. From the top of my head I would have said some kind of rick, which is effectively what sand and clay is – really finely ground rock.

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