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White cast iron of network morphology-its formation and properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yip Yeuk Lan ,
Leung Ching Chuen ,
Fuk Chung Ming ,
Mok Siu Wah  and
Kui Hin Wing
Yip Yeuk Lan
Affiliation:
yipyeuklan@yahoo.com, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Physics, Physics department,, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A, People's Republic of China, 852-26096124
Leung Ching Chuen
Affiliation:
iiileung@163.com, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Physics, Physics department,, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A, People's Republic of China
Fuk Chung Ming
Affiliation:
baggiofok@yahoo.com.cn, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Physics, Physics department,, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A, People's Republic of China
Mok Siu Wah
Affiliation:
percy-mok@hotmail.com.hk, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Physics, Physics department,, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A, People's Republic of China
Kui Hin Wing
Affiliation:
hwkui@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Physics, Physics department,, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

A white cast iron of composition Fe81C14Si5 can be cast into a nanostructure with network morphology by a fluxing technique. The conventional morphology of white cast iron, which is brittle, is eutectic. The mechanical behavior of network white cast iron is attractive. Hardness tests indicate that its average hardness value is ∼770 HV. The indentations made during hardness tests have no cracks. A stylus surface profiler was employed to study the surface profile at and near the indentations. The studies indicate that there are severe plastic flows, but without cracks.

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FeCSi
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1056: Symposium HH – Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials V , 2007 , 1056-HH11-62
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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