The Foseco Foundryman's Handbook: Facts, Figures, and Formulae |
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acid Albral aluminium alloys Aluminium Bronze ASTM base alloys brass bronze cast iron casting alloys charge Chemical Composition chill Chromium copper Copper base core sand crucible cupola Cuprit degassing deoxidation Deoxidising Tubes diameter die-casting dressing dross Dycote Elongation exothermic fluidity fluxing procedure Foseco foundry furnace GATE Grade grain refining graphite gravity die castings grey iron Gunmetal Heat Treatment heavy sections hydrogen inch increase ingot inoculation ladle Leaflet long tons machine magnesium Manganese maximum mechanical properties melt Moldcote molten metal moulds and cores Nickel Nucleant oxide oxidising Phosphor Bronze phosphorus Physical Properties plunged plunger porosity pouring temperature pressure production quantity resistance risers runner sand castings sand mixtures sand moulds scrap short tons shrinkage sieve silicon slag sleeve solidification Specification SPRUE Steel Castings suitable sulphur surface swarf tablets tellurium Tensile strength test bars tons per sq tons/sq total carbon weight zinc