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Foundry Metals & Materials topics include: Cast irons, copper and magnesium alloys, foundry fluxes and refractories, steel and stainless steel melting, degassing metals and materials, foundry metals and alloys and aluminium alloys.
Foundry metals and materials include: Cast iron: A common, inexpensive metal used in foundry casting Shell molding: A method used to produce cores for traditional sand casting Furan resin sand casting: A self-hardening sand used to produce complex metal castings Casting alloys: A metal or alloy that is poured into molds to produce metal castings Foundry sand: A by-product of the metal casting industry, used as a molding material Loam molding: A mixture of clay, sand, straw, or dung used to produce large, symmetrical objects Magnesium alloys: A material with a high strength-to-weight ratio and good resistance to corrosion and wear Porosity: A major defect in metal casting that can decrease the mechanical performance of the material Ceramic nanoparticles in metal matrix composites: A matrix-ceramic interface that affects the strength and elastic modulus of metal matrix composites
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