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gray iron

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gray iron [′grā ‚īยทərn]
(metallurgy)
Pig or cast iron in which the carbon not contained in pearlite is present in the form of graphitic carbon.


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Compacted graphite iron (CGI) has a number of characteristics that can make it an outstanding alternative to ductile iron or gray iron for engine applications.
Their work has shown that gray iron (the garden-variety cast iron used extensively until ductile iron came on the scene in the 1960s) and the far-stronger ductile cast iron suffer somewhat equally from bacterial-enhanced corrosion.
 
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