cast iron

cast iron

n.

A hard, brittle, nonmalleable iron-carbon alloy, cast into shape, containing 2 to 4.5 percent carbon, 0.5 to 3 percent silicon, and lesser amounts of sulfur, manganese, and phosphorus.

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cast iron

n

(Engineering / Metallurgy) iron containing so much carbon (1.7 to 4.5 per cent) that it cannot be wrought and must be cast into shape

adj cast-iron

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) made of cast iron

2. rigid, strong, or unyielding a cast-iron decision

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cast iron - an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting atomic number 26, Fe, iron - a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood alloy cast iron, alloy iron - cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment pot metal - cast iron used for making cooking wares pearlite - a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron pig iron - crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

Translations

cast iron

n → Gusseisen nt

cast iron n → ghisa