Available:*
Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Searching... | 30000010127345 | TA474 C38 1996 | Open Access Book | 1:BOOKREF | Searching... |
Searching... | 30000010127341 | TA474 C38 1996 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
On Order
Summary
Summary
Cast iron offers the design engineer a low-cost, high-strength material that can be easily melted and poured into a wide variety of useful, and sometimes complex, shapes. This latest handbook from ASM covers the entire spectrum of one of the most widely used and versatile of all engineered materials.
The reader will find the basic, but vital, information on metallurgy, solidification characteristics, and properties. Extensive reviews are presented on the low-alloy gray, ductile, compacted graphite, and malleable irons. New and expanded material has been added covering high-alloy white irons used for abrasion resistance and high-alloy graphitic irons for heat and corrosion resistance. Also discussed are melting furnaces and foundry practices such as melting, inoculation, alloying, pouring, gating and rising, and molding. Heat treating practices including stress relieving, annealing, normalizing, hardening and tempering, autempering (of ductile irons), and surface-hardening treatments are covered, too.
ASM Specialty Handbook: Cast Irons helps the reader learn about routine nondestructive testing to ensure the necessary casting quality, along with failure and metallograph analysis. Finally, property characteristics are thoroughly presented including physical, fatigue and fracture, and elevated-temperature.
Contents include: Classification and Basic Metallurgy, Solidification Characteristics, Metallurgy and Properties, Melting Furnaces and Foundry Practices, Heat Treating, Welding and Brazing, Machining and Grinding, Surface Engineering, Inspection and Analysis, Fatigue and Fracture Properties, Elevated-Temperature Properties, Physical Properties, Corrosion Behavior, Index.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Cast Irons, the fifth volume in the ASM Specialty Handbook series, is an excellent source of information for the iron foundry industry. An introduction focusing on basic metallurgy and mechanical properties of various types of cast irons is followed by a section on foundry practice, including melting, inoculation, alloying, and casting. Further sections are dedicated to stress-relieving, annealing, normalizing, hardening, tempering, and other heat treatments; joining, machining, and grinding; and casting defects, inspection, quality control, and failure analysis. The last section focuses on fatigue, fracture, corrosion, and tribological properties. Each part contains articles that are well written with excellent illustrations. Very comprehensive index. An excellent resource for graduate students, faculty consulting with the iron industry, professional engineers, and users of iron castings. A must acquisition for academic or corporate libraries. T. Z. Kattamis University of Connecticut
Table of Contents
Introduction to Cast Irons | p. 1 |
Classification and Basic Metallurgy of Cast Irons | p. 3 |
Solidification Characteristics of Cast Irons | p. 16 |
Metallurgy and Properties of Gray Irons | p. 32 |
Metallurgy and Properties of Ductile Irons | p. 54 |
Metallurgy and Properties of Compacted Graphite Irons | p. 80 |
Metallurgy and Properties of Malleable Irons | p. 94 |
Metallurgy and Properties of High-Alloy White Irons | p. 107 |
Metallurgy and Properties of High-Alloy Graphitic Irons | p. 123 |
Foundry Practice for Cast Irons | p. 131 |
Foundry Practice for Cast Irons | p. 133 |
Casting Processes | p. 155 |
Heat Treating of Cast Irons | p. 173 |
Introduction to Heat Treating of Cast Irons | p. 175 |
Heat Treating of Gray Irons | p. 179 |
Heat Treating of Ductile Irons | p. 192 |
Heat Treating of Malleable Irons | p. 205 |
Heat Treating of High-Alloy Irons | p. 219 |
Secondary Processing of Cast Irons | p. 215 |
Welding and Brazing | p. 217 |
Machining and Grinding | p. 244 |
Surface Engineering | p. 268 |
Inspection and Analysis of Cast Irons | p. 285 |
Casting Defects, Nondestructive Inspection, and Quality Control Measures | p. 2 |
Failure Analysis of Iron Castings | p. 322 |
Metallographic Analysis of Cast Irons | p. 356 |
Properties of Cast Irons | p. 393 |
Fatigue and Fracture Properties | p. 395 |
Elevated-Temperature Properties | p. 409 |
Physical Properties | p. 428 |
Corrosion Behavior | p. 437 |
Tribological Behavior | p. 448 |
Index | p. 461 |