The finding that sufficient heat resistance against molten cast iron can be obtained by an addition of a small amount of zircon flour or bentonite to dry sand mold with starch phosphate binder led to the development of a new type of a mold for cast iron. The aim of the present study was to investigate high temperature reaction of starch phosphate with zircon flour and bentonite and to discuss the mechanism of heat resistance of the mold against molten cast iron at 1,400°C. The results showed that starch phosphate was decomposed by carburization at high temperature and sodium hydrogen phosphate hydrate (Na
2H
2P
2O
7) was condensed into sodium metaphosphate (NaPO
3)
3. Although sodium hydrogen phosphate did not react at high temperature with zircon flour or bentonite, sodium zircon phosphate (NaZr
2(PO
4)
3) and aluminum phosphate (AlPO
4) are formed from sodium metaphosphate at 600°C and the formation of these heat resistant compounds at high temperature gave rise to the heat resistance of the mold.
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