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Cast iron
Lecture 10
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Casting
Melting point
Shape forming
Property
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Microstructure
+ Fe3C ?
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Super-saturated
+ Fe3C
By carbon diffusion
+ C(graphite)
C content
Meta-stable state
Stable state
Formation condition
Diffusion time
of cementite and graphite(pure carbon)
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Si : ,
Al :
Ni :
Cr : ,
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Description of t
he form
Main spatial
characteristics
Interconnected particles
Lamellar (flake) within eutectic cells;
graphite
lamellar (flake) graphite
with sharp ends
Aggregate of graphite
flakes
Occurrence
Principal form in grey cast iron
Austenitic cast iron with
lamellar/flake graphite
Can occur in the rim zone of other ca
st-iron materials
Can occur in rapidly cooled
hypereutectic grey cast irons
Can also occur in segregation areas
of thick-walled spheroidal-graphite
cast-iron castings
II
Crab graphite
III
Isolated particles
IV
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Irregular sphero
idal graphite*
Slightly irregula
r spheroidal
Isolated particles
Graphite
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Spheroidal gra
phite*
Isolated particles
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+ Fe3C + L
Graphite(or Fe3C)
stabilizing
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Solidification sequence
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Hyper-eutectic
Slow cooling
Fast cooling
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Low C.E.
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Type A
Type D
Type B
Type E
Type C
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Inoculation
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