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- Micrograph no
- 366
- Brief description
- Whiteheart cast iron
- Keywords
- alloy
, carbon, iron, metal, white cast iron - Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Fe-C-X
- Composition
- Fe, C 3.4, Si 0.35, Mn 0.22 (wt%), + ...
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- as cast
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Nital
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 400 μm
- Further information
- Whiteheart malleable castings are produced from high carbon white cast irons annealed in a decarburising medium. Carbon is removed at the surface, this loss is then compensated by carbon diffusing from the interior. Whiteheart castings have a decarburised surface and a high carbon core.
- Contributor
- Dr R F Cochrane
- Organisation
- Department of Materials, University of Leeds
- Date
- 04/09/02
- Licence for re-use
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International- Related micrographs
- Micrograph 362: White cast iron, subject to slow heating and cooling treatment (400 μm)
- Micrograph 363: White cast iron, subject to slow heating and cooling treatment (400 μm)
- Micrograph 364: White cast iron, subject to slow heating and cooling treatment (100 μm)
- Micrograph 365: As cast white cast iron (200 μm)
- Micrograph 367: Whiteheart cast iron (200 μm)