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Experiment No Sand Control Test: Moisture Content Test: - To Determine The Moisture Content in The Given Sample.

The document describes an experiment to determine the moisture content in a sand sample. Moisture content between 1.5-8% is important for bonding clay in sand and developing strength and plasticity. There are two main methods to calculate moisture content - by measuring weight loss after evaporating moisture in an infrared heated pan, or by using a chemical reaction between the sand sample and calcium carbide to produce acetylene gas, which indicates moisture content via a pressure gauge. The experiment aims to find the optimal moisture level for desirable properties in moulding sand.

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Experiment No Sand Control Test: Moisture Content Test: - To Determine The Moisture Content in The Given Sample.

The document describes an experiment to determine the moisture content in a sand sample. Moisture content between 1.5-8% is important for bonding clay in sand and developing strength and plasticity. There are two main methods to calculate moisture content - by measuring weight loss after evaporating moisture in an infrared heated pan, or by using a chemical reaction between the sand sample and calcium carbide to produce acetylene gas, which indicates moisture content via a pressure gauge. The experiment aims to find the optimal moisture level for desirable properties in moulding sand.

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Experiment No. 2.

Sand Control Test: Moisture Content Test

Aim – To Determine The Moisture Content in the given sample.

Theory –

Moulding sand is supposed to contain properties which depend upon grain size, shape distribution and
content and types of binder, additives and moisture. Sand tests indicate that moulding sand performance
and help the foundrymen in controlling properties of moulding sands.

Role Of Moisture –
Water content is a critical parameter while preparation of moulding sand.

Too much water caused excessive plasticity.

Too little water fails to develop adequate strength and plasticity.

Control of moisture in the moulding sand so that the best properties are developed in a necessary
basis of sand control.

Moisture (1.5 to 8 %) is responsible for the bonding action of clays. It activates clay in sand and the
clay-sand mixture develops strength and plasticity. Water added gets partially absorbed by clay and rest
is called as “free water”. Absorbed water imparts green strength and bonding free water acts as lubricant
and imparts mouldability and plasticity. For a given type of clay, optimum water content is crucial for
optimum properties which is found out experimentally.

Calculation Of The Water Content-


The moisture required to produce the desired properties in green sand can be calculated. The
method is based on first computing the total percentage of water absorbed by all the ingredients
of the sand.

The maximum absorbed moisture content is associated with the development of maximum, or
peak, green strength. Additional water, called free water, is required to develop so called
compressive strength and plasticity, or deformation. The final selection of moisture content to be
used in the moulding sand is usually compromise based on many practical factors operating in a
given sand foundry. These are not usually accountable in any calculation method.
Moisture content test on foundry sand-
The moisture content may be determined by the loss of weight after evaporation or by means of chemical
reaction.

TEST PROCEDURE –

a)By the loss of weight after evaporation(INFRARED HEATING):

In this method->

20-50 grams of sand is placed in the pan and is heated by an infrared heating bulb for 2-3
minutes.

The moisture in the bulb sand thus evaporates.

After this the moulding sand is taken out of the pan and is reweighed.

By measuring the weight difference between the green sand and dry sand, the calculating
percentage of moisture = {(W1-W2)/W1} X 100

Some other new techniques are —

a) Electrode probe device.


b) Instruments employing microwave absorption in compacted sand samples.

b)By chemical reaction:


In this method, 10gm sample of sand is placed in a special container along with the powered
calcium carbide.

Calcium carbide reacts with moisture content to give acetylene gas.

The pressure of C2H2 provides a direct reading of the water content on the pressure
gauge(calibrated).

This method is also called the ‘Rapid or Direct Moisture Teller’, and is quicker that the
conventional method. This method requires very sensitive pressure gauge, when small amounts of
samples are tested.

CaC2 + H2O C 2H 2 + Ca(OH)2


Calcium Moisture content Acetylene Calcium hydroxide
carbide of sand
Direct Moisture Teller Using Calcium Carbide

Dial for moisture content

The reading on the dial of rapid moisture teller is based on the amount of C2H2

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