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Revisiting Thermal Analysis of Hypereutectic Spheroidal Graphite Cast Irons
This study deals with early solidification of hypereutectic cast irons at varying carbon content and roughly constant alloying additions. Thermal

Development of new alloys with improved creep and oxidation properties
Market demands, in terms of performance and cost, keep pushing the development of new metallic alloys with optimised characteristics that

Hopper-skeletal and hemispherical crystallization of graphite in iron–carbon–silicon alloys
The growth of graphite during solidification and solid-state transformation of Fe–C–Si alloys continues to be the subject of extensive research.

Influence of graphite morphology on electrochemical corrosion behaviour in cast irons
Cast irons are widely used in the automotive industry due to its excellent castability, fluidity, machinability and wear resistance. Industrial

Improved method for manufacturing a foriming tool
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of a forming tool which comprises: providing a base steel

Comparison of solidification kinetics of compacted and lamellar cast irons
Thermal analysis is largely used in cast-iron foundry shops as a means to check melt preparation before casting. It has

High wear resistant high entropy alloy and preparation thereof
The present invention discloses high entropy alloys that consist of the following composition, wherein the percentages are expressed by weight
A method to control ausferritic as-cast microstructure in ductile iron parts
A method to control the ausferritic as-cast microstructure in iron parts with sections of different thicknesses, which comprises: a) Calculate

Effect of the section size, holding temperature and time on the kinetics of the ausferritic transformation and mechanical properties of as-cast ausferritic ductile iron
The present research work studies the effect of section size, holding temperature and time on the microstructure and mechanical properties

Effects of cobalt on mechanical properties of high silicon ductile irons
High silicon ductile irons are being developed due to their advantages relating to pearlitic-ferritic grades (high ductility, fully ferritic structures,

A hybrid aluminium bronze alloy and its preparation method
The present invention is encompassed within the sector of metallurgical industry. Particularly, it relates to a new aluminium bronze alloy

Surface modification of ductile iron produced by an innovative in-situ casting technique
In this study, a chromium carbide layer was fabricated by an in-situ casting technique on ductile iron cast components. The

90 years of thermal analysis as a control tool in the melting of cast iron
Since its first literature mention in conjunction with cast iron in 1931 by Esser and Lautenbusch, thermal analysis (TA) has

Modelling of compacted graphite cast iron solidification-Discussion of microstructure parameters
A melt maintained for hours in a press pour unit allowed the following changes over time from spheroidal graphite to

Effect of antimony on the nucleation process of spheroidal graphite iron
To further understand the influence of subversive elements on the nucleation process of spheroidal graphite, melts with antimony contents ranging

Reply to Comment on “Recent Developments in Understanding Nucleation and Crystallization of Spheroidal Graphite in Iron-Carbon-Silicon Alloys”
In their comments, Lacaze and Castro-Roman [1] seek to correct some statements that we made in our recent paper published