The paper presents the microstructure and selected properties of ausferritic nodular cast iron annealed at the temperature 520 and 550°C.
This choice was dictated by the temperatures used in the practice of nitriding. Nodular graphite in cast iron was obtained with use of
Inmold process. Cast iron containing molybdenum and copper ensuring obtaining an ausferrite in the cast iron matrix without the use of
heat treatment of castings was tested. The effect of annealing temperature on the microstructure and the kind of fracture of the ausferritic
nodular cast iron was presented. The effect of an annealing temperature on hardness, impact strength and the microhardness of ausferritic
nodular cast iron matrix was shown too. The lamellar structure of phases in the cast iron matrix after annealing has been ascertained. There
has been an increase in hardness of an annealed cast iron and microhardness of its matrix. The reduction in the impact strength of the cast
iron annealed at 520 and 550°C was approximately 10-30%. Both an increase in the hardness of cast iron as well as an decrease in its
impact strength is probably due to the separation of secondary carbides during the heat treatment.
The aim of these studies was to obtain single phase cubic modification of Li7La3Zr2O12 by mechanical milling and annealing of La(OH)3, Li2CO3 and ZrO2 powder mixture. Fritsch P5 planetary ball mill, Rigaku MiniFlex II X-ray diffractometer, Setaram TG-DSC 1500 analyser and FEI Titan 80-300 transmission electron microscope were used for sample preparation and investigations. The applied milling and annealing parameters allowed to obtain the significant contribution of c-Li7La3Zr2O12 in the sample structure, reaching 90%. Thermal measurements revealed more complex reactions requiring further studies.