High nickel low thermal expansion cast irons with CV graphite were produced, and the thermal and the mechanical properties were compared with flake and spheroidal graphite irons. The CV treatment by Mg-Ca-Ti ferroalloy produced CV graphite in austenitic matrix. However, the graphite shape was highly dependent on the section thickness, treatment temperature and other pouring conditions as well as on the amount of the alloy. Thermal expansion coefficient depends mainly on the Ni content, also on the Si content, but not on the graphite shape. With 33∼36%Ni, the expansion coefficient was 3.5∼5.8×10
-6/°C at temperatures of 0∼130°C, 1/3∼1/2 of ordinary cast irons ; at higher temperatures up to 200°C, it increased to 6.3∼7.8×10
-5/°C. The mechanical properties of CV graphite iron were, 1.0∼1.3×10
4kgf/mm
2 elastic modulus, 28∼40kgf/mm
2 tensile strength, 5∼12% elongation and 120∼140 Brinell hardness, the range between flake and spheroidal graphite irons. The magnetic transformation temperature, T
m, was 120∼260°C, correlating well with the thermal expansion coefficient smaller for higher T
m.
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