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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1984
Jean M Lalancette, Sherbrooke, CA;
Jean P Chevalier-Bultel, Sherbrooke, CA;
Luc Desrosiers, Rock Forest, CA;
Societe Nationale de l'Amiante, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
There is disclosed a granular product suitable for use as foundry sands and obtained from asbestos tailings calcined at a temperature of from 1250.degree. to 1450.degree. C., said asbestos tailings having an MgO:SiO.sub.2 ratio greater than 1.0, the granules constituting the granular product being characterized by having a thermal expansion at 1000.degree. C. of not more than 1.0% and a particle size of between -20 to +200 mesh (Tyler), the granules being further characterized by being made up mainly of particles of enstatite bonded by gruenerite and fayalite, and substantially unreactive to basic oxides present in the cast metal.