Adhesive hybrid nanocomposites for potential applications in moulding sands technology

The performed investigations indicate that the produced nanocomposite has an intercalated structure and its viscosity increases with an increase of the nanofiller fraction. The optimal nanofiller fraction in a binder, above which mechanical properties in the system binder-mineral matrix are getting worse, was found. Thermal degradation behavior cured binder used in foundry process were studied using a convectional dynamic thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and (differential scanning calorimetry) DSC.