• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.24 no.A
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• pp.3-8
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate the effect of two step austenitized treatment on the mechanical properties and fracture characteristic of the ductile cast iron and austempered ductile cast iron(ADI). The obtained results of this study were as follows. The matrix structures of specimens were changed differently by austenitizing heat treatment. Microstructure of austempered ductile cast iron obtained by two step austenitized treatment was bainitic ferrite and retained austenite. With two step austenitized treatment, vield strength, tensile strength and hardness decreased, while the elongation increased.