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Classification of Cast Iron
The term cast iron, like the term steel, identifies a large family of ferrous alloys. Cast irons are multicomponent ferrous…
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CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) states that steel is considered “carbon” when no minimum content is specified or required. More…
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The Iron-Iron Carbide Equilibrium Diagram
Iron is an allotropic material. The temperature at which the allotropic changes take place in iron is influenced by alloying…
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The Metallurgy of Cast Iron
Pure Iron is almost never used as a cast material because it is soft and weak. As the carbon content…
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Types of Metal
Metals and advances in manufacturing processes gave us the industrial revolution. This lead to an exponential growth of human civilisation…
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Metallurgy
Non-Destructive Testing This is carried out on components rather than on test pieces, they are designed to indicate flaws occurring…