Sandborn is a town in Vigo Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States. The population was 415 at the 2010 census. It is the home of the annual Black Creek Festival. Its only business is AKB oil, once known as the Blue Jay Junction.
Large furnaces melt the iron and stay at temperatures ranging 2,600 to 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Computerized systems constantly monitor temperature. As the iron travels down the molding line, the temperature gradually decreases from about 2,600 to 1,200 degrees. As the castings cool, they enter a shakeout process in which the molds are shaken off and the sand is recycled for reuse. When castings get below about 140 degrees, they are cleaned and finished.
The temperature of the inner core can be estimated using experimental and theoretical constraints on the melting temperature of impure iron at the pressure (about 330 GPa) of the inner core boundary, yielding estimates of 5,700 K (5,430 Â°C; 9,800 Â°F).