Analysis of the slurry and ceramic properties for investment casting obtained with domestic colloidal silica binders-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Analysis of the slurry and ceramic properties for investment casting obtained with domestic colloidal silica binders

Published:2023-04-25 Issue:2 Volume: Page:15-28
ISSN:2412-8783
Container-title:Izvestiya. Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
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Short-container-title:Izv.VUZ. Tsvet. Met.

Author:

Bazhenov V. E.¹^ORCID,Kovyshkina E. P.¹^ORCID,Sannikov A. V.¹^ORCID,Koltygin A. V.¹^ORCID,Ten D. V.¹^ORCID,Rizhsky А. A.¹^ORCID,Belov V. D.¹^ORCID,Lazarev Е. A.²

Affiliation:

1. National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”

2. Public Joint Stock Company UEC “Kuznetsov”

Abstract

The quality of cast parts produced by investment casting is largely determined by the quality of the ceramic molds. Currently, aircraft and engine building enterprises are switching to an environmentally friendly colloidal silica binders for the manufacture of ceramic molds. In this work, the dynamic and relative viscosity of slurries prepared using fused silica powder and colloidal silica binders of the VT13-02U (Vakuumteh LLC), Stavroform VS (Polymet LLC), UltraCast One + and UltraCast Prime (both Technopark LLC) manufacturers were determined. It is shown that the slurries prepared on the considered binders have similar viscosity values, and in their rheological properties they are close to Newtonian liquids. The values of dynamic and relative viscosity at a binder content of 400 mL per 1 kg of fused silica powder were ~732 mPa·s and ~380 s, respectively. With an increase in the binder content to 600 mL per 1 kg of fused silica powder, the dynamic and relative viscosity decreased to ~70 mPa·s and ~16 s, respectively. An equation was also found that relates the dynamic viscosity determined using a rotational viscometer and the relative viscosity determined using the VZ-4 viscosimeter. The mechanical properties were determined during three-point bending tests on ceramic samples obtained using slurries on the above-mentioned colloidal silica binders and fused silica stucco. Samples obtained on binders VT13-02U, Stavroform VS and UltraCast One+ showed very similar bending strength values, namely 3.5–4.3 MPa after drying and 5.8–6.1 MPa after firing. Due to the presence of a polymer addition in the binder, the ceramic samples obtained on the UltraCast Prime binder had higher values of bending strength after drying and after firing – 6.4 and 7.2 MPa, respectively. It was also shown that with an increase in the viscosity of the slurry and a decrease in the fraction of fused silica stucco, the strength of the samples increases. The lowest surface roughness was observed for samples obtained with UltraCast grade binders.

Publisher

National University of Science and Technology MISiS

Subject

Metals and Alloys

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