TY - JOUR N2 - A large number of defects of castings made in sand moulds is caused by gases. There are several sources of gases: gases emitted from moulds, cores or protective coatings during pouring and casting solidification; water in moulding sands; moisture adsorbed from surroundings due to atmospheric conditions changes. In investigations of gas volumetric emissions of moulding sands amounts of gases emitted from moulding sand were determined - up to now - in dependence of the applied binders, sand grains, protective coatings or alloys used for moulds pouring. The results of investigating gas volumetric emissions of thin-walled sand cores poured with liquid metal are presented in the hereby paper. They correspond to the surface layer in the mould work part, which is decisive for the surface quality of the obtained castings. In addition, cores were stored under conditions of a high air humidity, where due to large differences in humidity, the moisture - from surroundings - was adsorbed into the surface layer of the sand mould. Due to that, it was possible to asses the influence of the adsorbed moisture on the gas volumetric emission from moulds and cores surface layers by means of the new method of investigating the gas emission kinetics from thin moulding sand layers heated by liquid metal. The results of investigations of kinetics of the gas emission from moulding sands with furan and alkyd resins as well as with hydrated sodium silicate (water glass) are presented. Kinetics of gases emissions from these kinds of moulding sands poured with Al-Si alloy were compared. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/104592/PDF/afe-2017-0134.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/104592 PY - 2017 IS - No 4 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0134 KW - Surface layer KW - Sand mould KW - Emission of gasesHigh air humidity KW - High air humidity KW - Moulding sands with chemical binders A1 - Kaźnica, N. A1 - Zych, J. A1 - Mocek, J. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - Gases Emission From Surface Layers of Sand Moulds and Cores Stored Under the Humid Air Conditions UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/104592 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -