Research Article
Thermal Decomposition Behaviour of Foundry Sand for Cast Steel in Nitrogen and Air Atmospheres
Table 4
Thermal decomposition kinetics parameters of foundry sand.
| Atmosphere | Temperature range (°C) | Fitting equation | E (KJ/mol) | A (min−1) | Pearson’s R |
| Nitrogen | 390–530 | y = 2.5182x + 9.8902 | 20.94 | 2.55 × 10−3 | 0.99288 | Air | 390–530 | y = 5.2915x + 5.9679 | 43.99 | 0.27 | 0.99569 |
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