Research Article

Microstructure and Glass Phase of Inorganic Binder Coated on Mold for Thin Casting

Figure 2

SEM morphologies of particle surfaces in mold samples prepared by (a) process I and (b) process II before the heat treatment. TEOS was used as the SiO2 precursor. Arrows indicate the coated layers in each particle.
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