CORRELATION BETWEEN SHAPE FACTOR AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GRAPHITIC CAST IRONS

The evaluation of shape factor (circularity) is a subject of interest in many fields of applications such as medicine and industrial processes. The shape factor plays an important role in materials science as a way to understand the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties of technical materials. The paper deals with measurement of shape factor of graphitic particles with the aim to under-stand the influence of microstructure (especially shape of graphite) on mechanical properties of graphitic cast irons.