(a) What is gray cast iron?
(b) Why does gray cast iron exhibit poor toughness?
(c) What can you do to induce some toughness to gray cast iron?
(d) Sketch the microstructure of gray cast iron and nodular gray cast iron
(e) Comment on the mechanical properties of gray cast iron.
(f) Describe one applications where cast irons can be used in an engineering application

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a Gray cast iron is a type of cast iron that contains graphite flakes in its microstructure These gr... View the full answer