Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 132. Chapters: Alloy, Casting, Phase diagram, Kirkendall effect, Extractive metallurgy, Smelting, Eutectic system, Blast furnace, Noble metals, Flux, Roman metallurgy, Experimental Archaeometallurgy, Ceramography, Shape memory alloy, Metallography, Casting defect, Recrystallization, Metal production in Ukraine, De re metallica, Superalloy, Grain boundary strengthening, Amorphous metal, Bainite, Tribology, Texture, Basic oxygen steelmaking, Patina, Flocculation, Austenite, Whisker, Aluminium alloy inclusions, Metallurgical assay, Crystallite, Bloomery, Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz, Equivalent carbon content, Geometallurgy, Plano-convex ingot, Ellingham diagram, Solid solution strengthening, Compacted oxide layer glaze, Non-metallic inclusions, Pyrometallurgy, Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Spoil tip, Hydrometallurgy, Oregrounds iron, Grain growth, Tin pest, Recovery, Martensite, Microstructure, False brinelling, Surface integrity, Capper Pass and Son, Silver standards, Metallurgical failure analysis, Deformation mechanism, Ferrite, Dross, Tell Hammeh, Magnaflux, Hydrogen gas porosity, Amorphous brazing foil, Pearlite, Pseudo palladium, Cementite, Aluminothermic reaction, Hot blast, Dendrite, Chvorinov's rule, Pinning points, Lüders band, Acicular ferrite, Rokusho, Hardenability, Scheil equation, Etch techniques, Reducing atmosphere, Dynamic recrystallization, Liquidus, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Roasting, Permeability, Sparging, Stringer, Bimetal, Red-short, Biohydrometallurgy, Ledeburite, Mill scale, Bioabsorbable metallic glass, Bole hill, Geometric dynamic recrystallization, Lever rule, Fineness, Oxide dispersion strengthened alloy, Isothermal transformation diagram, Zinc concentrate, De la pirotechnia, Heatwork, Vegard's law, Deoxidizer, Flow stress, Calciothermic reaction, Critical resolved shear stress, Continuous sub-grain rotation type dynamic recrystallization, Refraction, Continuous cooling transformation, Red heat, Interstitial element, Rasaratna Samuchaya, Matte, Alpha case, Coring, Thermal effective mass, Global powder metallurgy property database, Cementation, Bower¿Barff process, Chafery, Replication, Skin forming alloy, Curing time, Slip line field, Alloyant, Zener¿Hollomon parameter, Chemical Metallurgy. Excerpt: In metalworking, casting involves pouring a liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then is allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process. Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. The casting process is subdivided into two main categories: expendable and non-expendable casting. It is further broken down by the mold material, such as sand or metal, and pouring method, such as gravity, vacuum, or low pressure. Metal casting processes uses the following terminology: Core: An insert in the mold that produces internal features in the casting, such as holes. Mold cavity: The combined open area of the molding material and core, there the metal is poured to produce the casting.Riser: An extra void in the mold that fills with molten material to compensate for shrinkage during solidification.Gating system: The network of connected channels that deliver the molten material to the mold cavities. Vents: Additional channels that pr...
