Claims
- 1. A free-flowing high strength particle, useful in the production of shell molds and cores in the foundary industry and in the treatment of subterranean formations, comprised of high strength centers and a heat curable resin coating and manufactured through process steps comprising:
- incorporating a coupling agent into said heat curable resin;
- coating said centers with a coupling agent;
- reacting said coupling agent with said centers;
- heating said centers to a temperature above the melting point of said resin;
- adding said resin to said centers;
- mixing said resin and said centers until said resin is dispersed over the surface of said centers; and
- quenching said mixture with water.
- 2. The particle of claim 1 wherein said coupling agent is an organo-functional silane.
- 3. The particle of claim 2 wherein said coupling agent is applied to said centers as an aqueous solution containing 0.1-10.0 percent coupling agent by volume.
- 4. The particle of claim 1 wherein said coupling agent is present in said resin in the amount of 0.1-10.0 percent by weight.
- 5. The particle of claim 1 wherein calcium stearate in the amount of 0.1-10.0 percent based on the weight of the resin is added to said resin and said centers.
- 6. The particles of claim 1 wherein a polyvinyl acetal is added to said resin and said centers.
- 7. The particle of claim 6 wherein said polyvinyl acetal is polyvinyl butyral.
- 8. The particle of claim 1 wherein said resin is a resole.
- 9. The particle of claim 1 wherein said resin is a novolac.
- 10. The particle of claim 9 wherein hexamethylenetetramine is added with said quench water to the mixture of said centers and said resin.
- 11. The particle of claim 10 wherein dry hexamethylenetetramine is added to said resin prior to mixing with said centers in the amount of about 1 to about 10% based on the resin weight.
- 12. The particle of claim 1 wherein said centers are silica sand having a mesh size between about 6 and about 200.
- 13. The particle of claim 1 wherein said centers are glass beads having a mesh size between about 6 to about 200.
- 14. The particle of claim 1 wherein said centers are sintered bauxite, aluminum oxide, ceramics or other mineral particles.
- 15. A sand coated with a heat curable novolac resin, manufactured through process steps comprising:
- incorporating an aminoalkylsilane in said resin during its manufacture;
- spraying said sand with an aqueous solution of an aminoalkylsilane;
- heating said sand to a temperature above the melting point of said resin;
- adding said resin to said sand;
- mixing said resin and said sand until said resin is dispersed over the surface of said sand; and
- quenching the mixture of said resin and said sand with a solution of water and hexamethylenetetramine.
- 16. The resin coated sand of claim 15 wherein dry hexamethylenetetramine is added to said sand and said resin prior to mixing in the amount of about 1 to about 10% based on the resin weight.
- 17. The resin coated sand of claim 16 wherein a polyvinyl acetal is added to said sand and said resin prior to mixing in the amount of about 1 to about 20% based on the resin weight.
- 18. The resin coated sand of claim 17 wherein said polyvinyl acetal is a polyvinylbutyral.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 705,712, filed Feb. 26, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,991 which, in turn, is a divisional application of Ser. No. 437,431, filed Oct. 27, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,518,039, which, in turn, is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 294,813, filed Aug. 20, 1981, now abandoned.
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