Cast Iron

Of iron.

An alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting.

This concept's ID is @1~74813

Contains

  • pig iron 4 facts

    Crude iron tapped from a blast furnace.

  • pearlite 3 facts

    A lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent...

  • alloy iron 2 facts

    Cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum)...

  • pot metal 0 facts

    Cast iron used for making cooking wares.