Metallurgy, Vol. 54 No. 4, 2015.
Original scientific paper
The BTEX emission from moulding sands with furan resin dependence on the VOC content and loss on ignition
S. Żymankowska-Kumon
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Abstract
The article contains the results of emission BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylobenzene and xylenes) during thermal destruction (500 – 1 300 °C) of moulding sand with furan resin. This furan resin is with a high content of free furfuryl alcohol (about 80 %). Knowledge of emissions of these compounds allows the assessment the harmfulness of a given moulding sand. Quantitative analysis of BTEX is highly complex and requires using of modern equipment (e.g. gas chromatography – mass spectrometry). Therefore, an attempt to assess potential emissions of BTEX compounds from a given moulding sand based on measurements of total volatile organic compounds (VOC) emission and loss on ignition (LOI). These measurements are less time-consuming and do not require expensive equipment.
Keywords
castings; furan resin; moulding sand; BTEX; VOC
Hrčak ID:
138052
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2015.
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