Castings weight 120 Kg, Pouring Temp - 1187o C.
Melting in Induction medium frequency furnace.
Ceramic filter of 10 ppi was used. Marble grit plunging was used to remove gas for 4 min approximately in a melt of 170 Kg and Mg was used in ladle for degassing.
Furnace sample was good but late...
While acid pickling of castings made of grade cf8, cf8m ,cf3m, etc a kind of black deposition on the surface and inside the bore of casting is observed which gives a bad look and is tough to remove. Acid used is HNO3:HCl:H2O - 2:1:1 and dipped for approximately 30 to 40 min. please advice
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