Chromite sand is a typical material to make drainage sand for steel ladle with a high pouring rate.
Chromite sand properties enable the material to be used in high duty grey iron and steel foundries as core and mould making sand. Its high thermal conductivity gives it good chilling properties, low thermal expansion gives rise to good dimensional stability. Its basicity being close to neutral allows the use of a wide range of resin bonding systems and inorganic binders, it has a high refractoriness and a broad sieve distribution.
| Item | Unit | Index |
| Cr2O3 | % | 46.0min |
| SiO2 | % | 1.0max |
| FeO | % | 26.5max |
| CaO | % | 0.30max |
| MgO | % | 10.0max |
| Al2O3 | % | 15.5max |
| P | % | 0.003max |
| S | % | 0.003max |
| Cr/Fe | / | 1.55:1 |
| Bulk Density | g/cm3 | 2.5-3 |
| Color | / | Black |
| PH | / | 7-9 |
| The amount of the acid | / | 2ML(MAX) |
| Percent Soil | % | 0.1max |
| Percent Moisture | % | 0.1max |
| The Sintered | 1600 | |
| Percentage of Free Acid Present in the Sand | % | 0 |
| Filling Density | g/cm3 | 2.6 |
| Sintering Point | 1800min | |
| Melting Temperature | 2180 |
How to Choose grit size？
Generally，the smaller casting need to make, the finer grit size foundry adopted.The following frame shows it for reference:
| Less than 500KGS | 500-1000KGS | 1-10 Tons | 10-30 Tons | 30-100 Tons |
| AFS40-70 | AFS 45-50 | AFS 45-50 | AFS40-45 | AFS 35-40 |