The authors pointed out earlier a possibility of using aquous solution of alkali neutralized copolymer of isobutylene and maleic anhydride as a binder for CO
2 gas hardening rapid molding process. Characteristics of binders which were neutralized by different kinds of alkali compounds were examined. Viscosity of binders were different depending on the combination of copolymer and alkali compound. The LiOH neutralized binder showed the highest viscosity, followed by NaOH, KOH and NH
3 neutralized binders, in the decreasing order. This order of viscosity corresponds to the order of the lyotropic series of cation (Li
+, Na
+, K
+, and NH
4+). The pH values of the binders and reactivity of the binders with CO
2 gas were independent of the kind of alkali compounds. With mold using LiOH neutralized aquous solution as the binder, strength of the mold immediately after CO
2 gas blowing was 85 N/cm
2, showed the highest among the binders. When KOH and NaOH neutralized dinders were used, mold strength was 56 and 35 N/cm
2, respectively.
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