This article was updated May 18, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 15, 2002. Cast iron, by definition, is any iron alloy with more than 2% carbon and uses that carbon as the main alloying ...
Cast iron, a widely used iron-carbon alloy, exhibits a diverse range of microstructures that govern its mechanical and thermal properties. Among its variants, compacted graphite iron (CGI) is of ...