Archive | Grey Iron

Grey irons have graphite flakes dispersed in the steel-matrix, usually, of pearlite or ferrite (the amount of Mn could be as high as 1.2% for pearlitic, or as low as 0.1% for ferritic matrix). The heat -treatment has little or no effect on the size and shape of the graphite as obtained after casting. However, the carbon-diffusion-paths being shorter in [...]