In this paper is presentation flake graphite iron. Finds use due to: its cheapness and ease of machining; low-melting temperature (1140-1200°C); ability to take good casting impressions; wear resistance; high damping capacity; a reasonable tensile strength of 108-340 MPa associated with a very high compressive strength, making it very suitable for applications requiring rigidity and resistance to wear.
The different types vary from grey iron which is machinable to either mottled or white iron which is not easily machinable.
Flake graphite iron finds use due to:
The different types vary from grey iron which is machinable to either mottled or white iron which is not easily machinable. The white irons of suitable composition can be annealed to give malleable cast iron. During the last thirty years much development work has taken place and it has been found worth while to add even expensive elements to the cheap metal because vastly improved properties result. The new irons formed by alloying or by special melting and casting methods are becoming competitors to steel.
The various irons can be classified as shown in Fig. 1 based on the form of graphite and the type of matrix structure in which it is embedded. The metallurgical structure, composition and section of the casting largely govern the engineering properties. One of the differences between cast iron and steel is the presence of a large quantity of carbon, generally 2-4%, and frequently high silicon contents. While carbon in ordinary steel exists as cementite (Fe3C), in cast iron it occurs in two forms:
CAST IRON | ||||||
Grey machinable iron | White, unmachinable iron no graphite | |||||
Flake Graphite | Spheroidal Graphite | Pearlitic | Martensitic | |||
Ferritic | Pearlitic | Austenitic | Martensitic | |||
Malleable iron temper carbon graphite | ||||||
Ferritic | Pearlitic | |||||
Blackheart | Thin Whiteheart | Whiteheart | Special Malleable |
Graphite is grey, soft, and occupies a large bulk, hence counteracting shrinkage; while cementite is intensely hard, with a density of the same order as iron. On the relative amounts, shape and the distribution of these two forms of carbon largely depend the general properties of the iron.
The factors mainly influencing the character of the carbon are:
1. Rate of cooling. A high rate of cooling tends to prevent the formation of graphite, hence maintains the iron in a hard, unmachinable condition. If the casting consists of varying sections then the thin ones will cool at a much greater rate than the thick. Consequently, the slowly cooled sections will be grey and the rapidly cooled material will be chilled. These points are illustrated in Fig. 2, which shows the variation in hardness of a step casting.
Figure 2. The relation between the rate of cooling and hardness as indicated by sections of varying thickness
2. The effect of chemical composition.
Figure 3. Diagram indicating the structures of iron resulting from variation of silicon and carbon contents
Figure 4. Common grey iron showing ferrite (F), pearlite (P) and phosphide eutectic (PH) (x250). Ferrite is associated with the graphite. Note banded structure in the phosphide eutectic
The carbon equivalent value. From Fig. 5 it will be seen that the eutectic E is at 4,3% carbon and irons with a greater carbon content will (under suitable conditions) start freezing by throwing out kish graphite of large size. With carbon contents progressively less than 4,3% normal graphite is formed in diminishing quantities until a mottled or white iron range is reached. Naturally other elements, especially silicon and phosphorus, affect the composition of the eutectic point in a complex alloy and a carbon equivalent value is suggested as an index which converts the amount of these elements into carbon replacement values.
Figure 5. Iron-cementite equilibrium diagram
Carbon equivalent value (CE) = Total C% + 1/3 (Si% + P%)
For a given cooling rate the carbon equivalent value, therefore, determines how close a given composition of iron is to the eutectic (CE 4,3) and therefore how much free graphite is likely to be present, and consequently the probable strength in a given section: the carbon equivalent value is also a useful guide to chilling tendency of a given section, although it must be borne in mind that pouring temperature, cooling rate and alloying elements have a marked influence.
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