It was assumed that only primary graphite would grow in the eutectic stage and no other graphite would be nucleated in this stage, and that at the beginning of the eutectic stage, the graphite nodule would become enveloped by an austenite shell with subsequent growth occurring due to diffusion of carbon through the shell. An expression for the eutectic solidification time t
E is obtained as a function of the number of graphite nodules N
A, when the degree of super cooling
ΔT is small.
t
E=K
E/D
γ·
ΔT·N
A where K
E is a constant given by various carbon concentrations and D
γ is the diffusion coefficient of carbon in austenite. The numerical calculation indicates that the change in the composition of the melt has little effect on t
E, and that the melt having N
A more than 1,000 mm
−2 may complete eutectic solidification in a short period of time within 10 sec.
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