[0.25 mm], expressed as a percentage of the original gage
length. It shall be reported to the nearest 0.5 %.
7.4 Retesting:
7.4.1 If, after testing, a specimen shows evidence of a
defect, another tension test may be made on a companion
specimen. Also, a retest shall be permitted whenever fracture
occurs outside the central 50 % of the gage length.
7.4.2 If the results of a valid test fail to conform to the
requirements of this specification, two retests shall be made. If
either retest fails to meet the specification, the castings repre-
sented by these test specimens shall be rejected. A valid test is
one wherein the test specimen has been properly prepared and
appears to be sound and on which the approved test procedure
has been followed.
7.4.3 If sufficient companion test bars are unavailable, the
manufacturer shall have the option of testing a specimen cut
from a representative casting. Therefore, as stated in X1.3, the
mechanical properties of such tension test specimen removed
from a production casting will not necessarily correspond to
those of a standard separately cast test specimen, the values in
Table 1 do not apply. Instead, the mechanical properties of the
test specimen from the casting must equal or exceed the
average of those from similar test specimens removed from the
same location from two castings of the same design where
separately cast test bars meet the requirements of Table 1.
7.4.4 If the first test results indicate that a reheat treatment
is needed to meet the test requirements, the entire lot of
castings and the representative test specimens shall be reheat
treated together. Testing shall then be repeated in accordance
with 7.4.1 – 7.4.3.
7.4.5 The results of all tests, including retests, shall be
posted in permanent record, which shall state any abnormali-
ties observed during the test and in the fractured ends. Such
records shall be kept for at least one year after shipment of the
production castings and shall be available for examination by
the purchaser or by his authorized representative.
7.4.6 If not covered in the purchase agreement, the fre-
quency of tension testing shall be in accordance with 7.2.1 and
sufficiently often to ensure uniformity of product and compli-
ance with minimum test requirements.
7.4.7 Tension test results, obtained in accordance with the
above subsections, must conform to the values of Table 1 for
acceptance under this specification except as provided in 7.4.3.
7.4.8 When agreed upon between manufacturer and
purchaser, tested specimens or unbroken test bars shall be
preserved by the manufacturer for a period of three months
after the date of the test report.
7.5 Hardness Test—If the purchase agreement requires
hardness testing, the acceptable hardness range shall be stated
and a test location clearly shown on the covering drawing(s).
7.5.1 Hardness Test Method—The Brinell method of hard-
ness testing in accordance with Test Method E10 shall be
employed whenever possible.
7.5.2 For castings of such size or shape that do not permit
Brinell testing with the standard 3000 kgf load, the 500 kgf
may be employed, the hardness number being reported as HB
10/500/15. In very unusual cases where it is impossible to use
the Brinell method, the Rockwell test may be substituted, using
Test Methods E18 with an appropriate Rockwell scale. Con-
versions of hardness values from one method to another
according to Hardness Conversion Tables E140, which does
not specifically cover cast irons, are approximate only and,
therefore, are generally inadvisable.
7.5.3 Sufficient material shall be removed from the cast
surface to ensure that the measured surface is representative.
7.5.4 Sampling procedures and the frequency of hardness
testing shall be fully detailed on the purchase agreement.
Otherwise, hardness tests shall be performed at the discretion
of the producer.
7.5.5 Castings failing to conform to the required hardness
range may be reheat treated and retested. If after reheat treating
they still fail the hardness requirements, they shall be rejected.
7.5.6 Typical hardness maximums for this grade of mal-
leable iron are listed in Table 2.
8. Microstructure Requirements
8.1 The microstructure of the malleable iron shall consist of
temper carbon nodules distributed through a ferritic matrix and
shall be free of excessive pearlite, massive carbides, and
primary graphite.
8.2 When agreed upon by the purchaser and producer, the
maximum decarburization at any as-cast surface after heat
treatment may be stipulated in writing, as measured by visual
depletion of combined carbon after polishing, etching in nital,
and viewing at 100×.
8.3 In reference work, the metallographic practice recom-
mended in Test Method A247 shall be followed.
9. Soundness Requirements
9.1 All castings, on visual examination, shall be sound and
free of obvious shrinkage and porosity.
9.2 If the purchaser requires soundness tests to be
performed, it shall be so stated in the purchase agreement, and
the method and soundness requirements shall be detailed.
10. Dimensional Requirements
10.1 The castings shall conform to the dimensions given on
drawings furnished by the purchaser, or to the dimensions
established by the pattern equipment supplied by the purchaser,
TABLE 1 Tension Test Requirements
Inch-Pound Grades
English
Grade
Tensile Strength,
min, psi
Yield Strength,
min, psi
Elongation in
2 in, min, %
32510 50 000 32 500 10
Metric Grades
Metric
Grade
Tensile Strength,
min, MPa
Yield Strength
min, MPa
Elongation in
50 mm, min, %
22010 340 220 10
TABLE 2 Typical Hardness
Inch-Pound Grade
[Metric Grade]
Hardness, maximum
HB
Indentation Value
Diameters, mm
325 10 [22010] 156 4.8
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