To prevent the 7 to 11 million metric tons of waste foundry sand (WFS) produced annually in the USA from entering landfills, current research is focused on the reuse of WFSs as soil amendments. The effects of different WFS-containing amendments on turfgrass growth and nutrient content were tested by planting perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) Hol...

Abstract A mixture of andisol soil and foundry sand as Ni 2+ ion adsorbent was studied in this research. Andisol were activated using 3M NaOH. The characterizations adsorbents carried out by Fourier Transform Infrared Analyzer (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy-mapping Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM-EDX), Surface Area (SAA). made mixing with various compositions 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 0:10...

Foundries represent an important sector of the manufacturing industry and these foundry industries in developing countries suffer from poor quality and productivity due to number of process parameters involved in the casting process. Even in a completely controlled process, defects in casting are observed and hence casting process is also known as process of uncertainty which challenges explana...