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Presented by architect Chris Todhunter who proposes the importance and versatility of cast metals in buildings is re-emerging as seen in such diverse projects as Waterloo International Terminal and Stansted...
Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs,...
Shows the changes on polished and on polished and etched surfaces of globular grey cast iron (GGG-50) under tensile stress. A specially developed sample, with large radius and two opposite notches, is...
Shows the importance of cast iron in engineering, to indicate the various types of cast iron, and to illustrate the casting techniques. Covers grey, malleable, nodular and alloy irons, and illustrates green...
Reviews briefly what austenitic irons are, notes the useful basic physical properties of the flake graphite types and shows the great improvements in mechanical properties now available, following upon the...
Describes how the properties of cast iron can be radically improved by altering the shape of its graphite particles from flakes to spheroids. This confers on it unusual properties of strength and ductility....
A compilation of four films on steelmaking in the West of Scotland held in the National Library of Scotland collection: MAKE WAY FOR STEEL (1966) - The construction for David Colvilles Limited of the steel...
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