Thermal conductivity of green molding sand is useful in calculating thermal conduction of moisture condensation zone and it heat analysis of system sand. A measurement apparatus was made by wire heating method. Alternating current of a few watts was fed into the thermocouple burried in the test piece, and thermal conductivity was measured by the rate of temperature evolution of the thermocouple. It was measured from riddled density (apparent density is about 0.6) to apparent density 1.6. When density was lowered, thermal conductivity became low exponentially, and when the moisture content was raised, it became high. It is better to interpret that moisture was present as bentonite paste and not in the liquid state. Thermal conductivity model of green molding sand was made by applying Eucken's model. The calculation of thermal conductivity of bentonite paste by changing bentonite/moisture ratio was in good agreement with the experimental results. Thermal conductivity was hardly influenced by temperature between 20°C and 80°C.
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