What is the composition of Cast Iron ?

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / m.venky

2% to 6.67% of carbon in iron is called as cast iron and
below 2% carbon called as steels.
Composition of Cast Iron:
Carbon - 2.5 to 3.7%
Silicon - 1.0 to 3.0%
Manganese - 0.5 to 1.0%
Phophorus - 0.1 to 0.9%
Sulphur - 0.07 to 0.10%

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / prbalaji

iron 95%
carbon 2-4%
silicon 1-3%.

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / amit duhan

2% to 6.67% of carbon in iron is called as cast iron and
below 2% carbon called as steels.
Composition of Cast Iron:
Carbon - 2.5 to 3.7%
Silicon - 1.0 to 3.0%
Manganese - 0.5 to 1.0%
Phophorus - 0.1 to 0.9%
Sulphur - 0.07 to 0.10%

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / karthick

if the carbon content is more than 2 precent in an iron-
carbon alloy then it is termed as cast iron

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / chetan panchal

Cast iron is an alloys which contain more than 2 % Carbon. there are two types of cast iron. one is grey cast iron and other is spheroidal graphite iron of ductile iron which is treated with Magnesium with grey cast iron.

carbon: more than 2%
Si: 1.8-2.3%
Mn:0.5-0.8% max
P:max 0,01%
S:<0.02%
Cu: can be less than 1%

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / a.jothi

Carbon by weight varies from grade to grade.
JIS standard grades are
FC-15; FD-20, FC-25, Fc-30 FC-35
Iso Standard
Grade 15; 20; 25; 30 35; 40
Carbon: 1.5%; 2.0%; 2.5% 3.0% 3.5% Respectively;
Silicon 1- 3.0%
Manganese 0.2 - 1.0
Sulphur .02-0.25%
Phhosprous .02- 1.0%

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / paul

composition depends on grade.
grade 150 being soft and easy to machine. 300 being tougher
and harder to machine.

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / satosh chandel

castiron is a iron which is to manufacturing of deffirent
types of parts of machine,vechile etc.

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / puneet

its depend on the material requirement on the party as per item.

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What is the composition of Cast Iron ? ..

Answer / mohammed mustafa

what is the composition of ductile cast iron and how many types of of grades in ductile cast iron can i make ductile cast iron in cupola furnace and how much percentage of ferro silicon magnesium should add to cast iron to make ductile cast iron please help me friends

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