Physical Metallurgy of Cast Irons

• Main Authors: Pero-Sanz Elorz, José Antonio (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fernández González, Daniel (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Verdeja, Luis Felipe (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Metals.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Engineering-Materials.; Metallic Materials.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Materials Engineering.

This textbook focuses on cast irons, the second material in production and consumption after steel. The authors describe the Fe-C stable and metastable diagrams from the physical-chemical metallurgy point of view. The main properties of cast irons are presented and justified for all kinds of cast ir...