{"id":12344,"date":"2025-09-30T17:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/?page_id=12344"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:20:21","slug":"what-does-cast-iron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/glossaire-industriel\/quest-ce-que-la-fonte\/","title":{"rendered":"What is cast iron?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2485\" data-end=\"2650\">Cast iron is an alloy of iron and carbon, with a higher carbon content than steel, used for its strength, castability and resistance to wear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2687\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Definition of cast iron<\/h2>\n<p>Visit <strong>cast iron<\/strong> is an iron alloy containing between 2 % and 6 % of carbon. Its high carbon content makes it hard, brittle but easily moldable.<\/p>\n<h2>Font types<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grey cast iron<\/strong> Graphite-rich, good machinability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>White cast iron<\/strong> hard and wear-resistant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ductile cast iron<\/strong> addition of magnesium, more tenacious.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malleable cast iron<\/strong> heated to improve mechanical strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Industrial applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Construction<\/strong> pipes, road signs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mechanical engineering<\/strong> engine blocks, castings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heavy industry<\/strong> machine parts, structural bases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast iron is an alloy of iron and carbon, with a higher carbon content than steel, used for its strength, castability and resistance to wear.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12324,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"definition":[99],"class_list":["post-12344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","definition-definition"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12344\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"definition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition?post=12344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}