Gas defects such as pin-holes are often observed in cast steel and malleable cast iron, cast in molds of Olivine sand. The gas pressure in shell mold cores made of Olivine sand which had been previously dried in the temperature range of 200°C to 1,000°C was measured. The gas pressure in cores during casting at 1,400°C was 15—20% lower in Olivine sand dried at 1,000°C compared to undried sand. However, gas pressure in Olivine sand shell mold cores during casting at 1,540°C was much higher than that at 1,400°C, despite the fact that there was no difference in gas pressure in the shell mold cores made of quartz sand in the range of casting temperature from 1,400°C to 1,540°C. But, even in casting at 1,540°C, use of Olivine sand pre-dried above 800°C decreased the gas pressure to a half of that of undried Olivine sand. For casting at 1,540°C with the same casting plan, the gas pressure in shell mold cores of Olivine sand pre-dried below 600°C exceeds the hydrostatic pressure of the molten metal, resulting in gas blowing, one of the main causes of gas defects in castings. The difference in gas pressure between the two cores pre-dried above 800°C and below 600°C can be attributed to vaporization of combined water in the serpentine (3MgO·SiO
2·2H
2O) involuted in Olivine sand, as confirmed by X-ray analysis, chemical analysis of combined water and measurement of evolved gas volume.
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