This report describes the composition and some properties of the cast iron and wrought iron that form the dome of the U.S. Capitol. It is a compilation of two recent investigations, one by NIST and one by Lucius Pitkin, Inc. These investigations were implemented by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to determine the dome’s condition and also to predict how the outer shell might respond ...

Cast iron (CI) is one of the oldest materials in commercial use. It has excellent compressive strength and is commonly used for structures that require this property, as well as for water and sewer lines. This article explains CI metallurgy and why the understanding of this metallurgy is key to understanding other ferrous materials and alloys. The composition of cast iron (CI) varies significan...

Milica M. Gvozdenović1,*, Branimir Z. Jugović2, Jasmina S. Stevanović3, Tomislav Lj. Trišović2 and Branimir N. Grgur1 1Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 2Institute of Technical Sciences, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 3Center for Electrochemistry, Institute of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade S...

Li Zhang 1,*, Wu Zhang 2, Juhua Zhang 3 and Guangqiang Li 3 1 School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China 2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110168, China; [email protected] 3 The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China; zhangj...

The physical and mechanical properties of samples of a nickel-base alloy fabricated by powder metallurgy were determined. The particle sizes of the powders used to make the samples varied from -80/ +200 mesh to -325 mesh. The compaction pressure varied from 138 to 414 MN/m2 and the sintering temperature varied from 1150 to 1250 degrees C. The shrinkage during processing, the porosity, tensile s...

C. Oprean, C. Tănăsescu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, G. Dobrotă, Constantin Brâncusi University of Târgu Jiu This article aims at analysing whether the field of metallurgy in Romania is informationally efficient or not. This field is important for the real Romanian and world-wide economy, that is why the answer to this dilemma is important, and it will determine the investment behaviour o...