TY - JOUR N2 - In this paper, crushability of foundry sand particles was studied. Three kinds of in-service silica sands in foundry enterprises selected as the study object, and foundry sand particles were subjected to mechanical load and thermal load during service were analyzed. A set of methods for simulating mechanical load and thermal load by milling and thermal-cold cycling were designed and researched, which were used to characterize the crushability for silica sand particles, the microstructure was observed by SEM. According to the user’s experience in actual application, the crushability of Sand C was the best and then Sand B, the last Sand A. The results indicated that mechanical load, thermal load and thermal-mechanical load can all be used to characterize the crushability of foundry sand particles. Microscopic appearances can qualitatively characterize the crushability of foundry sand particles to a certain extent, combining with the additions and cracks which are observed on the surface. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104618/PDF/afe-2017-0161.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104618 PY - 2017 IS - No 4 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0161 KW - Foundry sand particles KW - Load KW - AFS grain fineness KW - Crushability A1 - Da, Yui A1 - Ma, Quan-yang A1 - Li, Xiao-hua A1 - Zhang, Xi A1 - Hu, Fa-ping A1 - Zhang, Yun A1 - Xie, Wei-dong PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - The Research on Characterization of Crushability for Foundry Sand Particles UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/104618 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -