The heat treatment of gray irons can considerably alter the matrix microstructure with little or no effect on the size and shape of the graphite achieved during casting ...
Gray Irons are a group of cast irons that form flake graphite during solidification, in contrast to the spheroidal graphite morphology of ductile irons. The flake graphite in gray ...
Cast irons are alloys of iron, carbon, and silicon in which more carbon is present than can be retained in solid solution in austenite at the eutectic temperature. In gray cast iron, the carbon that exceeds the ...
The term cast iron is a rather broad description of many types of irons which are castings but which may have different properties and serve different purposes. In general, a cast iron is an alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon in which more carbon is ...