Research Article

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

Table 1

Basic formulations and experimental ranges to prepare mold samples through the new dual dipping process.

Run numberSiO2 precursorNa2O precursorProcessCondition of heat treatment

Run-1TEOSNaOMeProcess I1000°C for 1 h
Run-2PDMS
Run-3TEOSProcess II
Run-4PDMS