The silica firebricks that line steel-making furnaces are used at temperatures up to 3000 Farad , which would melt many other types of ceramic, and in fact part of the silica firebrick liquefies.date=July 2016 High-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation (HRSI), a material with the same composition, was used in the insulating tiles of the Space Shuttle.date=July 2016