The iron carbide molecules are decomposed by the heat, but do not have time to reform.
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Chen and He's nanorods incorporate the best characteristics of other reactive materials, with nitrogen attached to the surface of the carbon rod and a core of iron carbide.
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Except when broaching cast iron, tungsten carbide is rarely used as a tooth material because the cutting edge will crack on the first pass.
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Metals included iron, steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, tungsten carbide, and tin.
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The broken surface of a white cast iron is full of fine facets of the broken carbide, a very pale, silvery, shiny material, hence the appellation.
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Since carbide makes up a large fraction of the material, white cast iron could reasonably be classified as a cermet.
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Carbide-tipped chisels can stand up to much more abuse than the steel and iron chisels made by blacksmiths of old.
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White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due to its carbide impurities which allow cracks to pass straight through.