Cast Iron
Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content more than 2%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloy constituents affect its colour when fractured: white cast iron has carbide impurities which allow cracks to pass straight through, grey cast iron has graphite flakes which deflect a passing crack and initiate countless new cracks as the material breaks, and ductile cast iron has spherical graphite "nodules" which stop the crack from further progressing. Carbon (C) ranging from 1.8 to 4 wt%, and silicon (Si) 1–3 wt%, are the main alloying elements of cast …
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FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …
the plumbers – decay. That ancient water pipe, cast iron with massive joists and a core of lead, lumbering …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 30 March 2024 English
Emily McGiffin’s poems examine imperial violence and colonialism in South Africa and Canada. Multifaceted and multi-voiced, Emily McGiffin’s poems explore the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and …
unspoiled treasure, of countries lecherous for cast-iron men with sheep, countries to explore and quarry … diamond coiled strike hair crumpled in your hand cast iron slash and bloody forehead cheekbone crumpled mouth …
NWMO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization · 26 February 2024 English
The data acquired at the Revell Site indicate that the orientations of lineaments at the surface on a larger scale are also present in the orientations of fractures in the …
reactor fuel, with an inner metallic core of cast-iron for structural strength and an outer copper shell … shell and Olkiluoto site Construction in rock cast iron on southwest progress. (granite) structure; coast … shell and Forsmark site Construction licence rock cast iron on east coast approval in 2022 (granite) structure; …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 1 December 2023 English
These twelve new short stories from Astrid Blodgett explore the consequences of grief and denial and single moments that change perceptions, lives, and attachments forever. Crisp prose and unexpected plot …
being built. I know I can hand Tom anything, a cast-iron frying pan, a bottle of olive oil, a shot glass …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2023 English
take the harp, take / the Fitbit and the Band-Aid box. Fold the whole / grey sheet of sky, lumpy and unalluring / into your rucksack.A strong theme of journeys …
its basement how quaint the bars & locks & cast iron peepholes In the small park’s centre a marble …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 September 2023 English
A full-colour guide to dozens of unique outdoor spaces that highlight Toronto as a sustainable, liveable city.Toronto is rich in public spaces — deeply incised ravines, lively neighbourhoods, lush gardens …
notable histor- ic structures, such as the heritage cast-iron facade buildings that had survived across from … crossroads plaza. Its two-tier fountain has cast-iron statues of twenty-seven dogs and one cat. Te …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 August 2023 English
Doctors used to tell him he was cured. That was a long time ago. Ever since he first left home, writer Jason Jobin has had cancer. His is a special …
elders sit around it, drinking tea from an old cast- iron kettle. We join them, widening the circle. The …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 15 August 2023 English
From the continental inland of green valleys and plum orchards to the austere, skeletal coast, Tony Fabijančić captures Yugoslavia and Croatia in this moving memoir about his journey of discovery, …
on her stove had to be emptied into the large cast-iron tub in the middle of the yard,49 into which …
NWMO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization · 31 May 2023 English
The purpose of this assessment is to realign the design inputs to support the next major work packages associated with the 9 UFPP: support of the Impact Assessment and Licence …
document. Five buffer boxes were assembled with cast iron plugs and two were assembled with copper coated …
City of Burnaby, British Columbia · 1 May 2023 English
The Applicant or Applicant’s Engineer is responsible for determination of the appropriate size and type of water billing meter as well as the design of the complete meter assembly, in …
meters with base plates, the base plate shall be cast iron for outside installations and bronze for inside … static loading in all other areas. Lids shall be cast iron or approved equivalents. .3 For meter chambers …
