This paper aims to develop a modified animal glue sand binder for foundry casting with improved water resistance and bonding strength.An efficient method is reported by using sodium hydroxide as the catalyst to improv...This paper aims to develop a modified animal glue sand binder for foundry casting with improved water resistance and bonding strength.An efficient method is reported by using sodium hydroxide as the catalyst to improve the operability of animal glue binder and allyl glycidyl ether as the modifier to improve the water resistance and bonding strength.Sand specimens prepared using allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder were cured by compressed air at room temperature.The proposed method saves energy and is environmentally friendly and inexpensive.Compared with unmodified animal glue binder,standard dog bone sand specimens with allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder had higher tensile strength of 2.58 MPa,flowability of 1.95 g,better water resistance(a lower decrease in tensile strength at 25°C and relative humidity of 60%),and good collapsibility.This allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder is suitable for practical application in the foundry industry.展开更多
基金This work was supported by Chongqing Science and Technology Commission(cstc2017shmsA90014)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(XDJK2019AA003)We thank Kathryn Sole,PhD,from Liwen Bianji,Edanz Group China(www.liwenbianji.cn/ac),for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.
文摘This paper aims to develop a modified animal glue sand binder for foundry casting with improved water resistance and bonding strength.An efficient method is reported by using sodium hydroxide as the catalyst to improve the operability of animal glue binder and allyl glycidyl ether as the modifier to improve the water resistance and bonding strength.Sand specimens prepared using allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder were cured by compressed air at room temperature.The proposed method saves energy and is environmentally friendly and inexpensive.Compared with unmodified animal glue binder,standard dog bone sand specimens with allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder had higher tensile strength of 2.58 MPa,flowability of 1.95 g,better water resistance(a lower decrease in tensile strength at 25°C and relative humidity of 60%),and good collapsibility.This allyl glycidyl ether-modified animal glue binder is suitable for practical application in the foundry industry.
