Cast Iron Technology

1 An Introduction to Cast Irons The Nature of Cast Irons Types of Cast Iron General Purpose Cast Irons Special Purpose Cast Irons The Iron Founding Industry - Past, Present and Future2 Liquid Metal Preparation The Liquid State Cupola Melting Electric Melting Compositional Control during Liquid Metal Preparation The Graphitization Potential of Liquid Iron Inoculation of Liquid Iron3 Solidification of Cast Irons Introduction Solidification Science Primary Cast Iron Solidification Structures Thermal Analysis as a Quality Control Test4 Solid State Transformations Introduction Fundamentals of Heat Treatment The Heat Treatment of Cast Irons Stress Relief Heat Treatment Annealing Heat Treatment Heat Treatments to Promote Mechanical Properties Hot Quenching Techniques Surface Hardening Joining Processes for Cast Iron 5 Some Founding Considerations Casting Design Computer Aided Design Patterns Running, Gating and Feeding Molding and Coremaking Practice Fettling6 Microstructural Features of Cast Iron White Cast Irons Grey Phosphoric Cast Iron Grey Flake Irons Abnormal Graphite Flake Forms Coral Graphite Spheroidal Graphite Intercellular Carbides in Spheroidal Irons Malleable Cast Irons Austempered Spheroidal Irons Alloy Cast Irons Low Temperature Brazing of Cast Irons Welding of Cast IronsIndex