This publication comprises a comprehensive collection of articles which constitute a compact update on recent developments. The contents also suggest promising directions for future research, such as an increase in fundamental work on the control of the microstructure of the iron-rich matrix, and studies aimed at a better understanding of graphite growth from the liquid phase.

Table of Contents:
Current Status of Austempered Cast Irons On the Mechanisms of Spherulitic Growth in Polymer and Iron Melts Cast Iron as a Composite: Conductivities and Elastic Properties Fracture Characteristics and Fracture Toughness of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Behavior of Oxygen and Nucleation of Graphite in Production of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Influence of Mould Filling and Natural Convection on the Solidification of Cast Iron Methodologies for and Performance of Macro Transport-Transformation Kinetics Modeling of Cast Iron The Status in Cast Iron Microstructure Engineering and Interactions with Computer Aided Modelling Trends and Metallurgical Factors Involved in Automotive Cast Iron Parts Microstructural Evolution of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron at High Temperature: Consequences on Mechanical Behaviour Characterization and Measurement of the Modulus of Elasticity of Ductile Irons Study of Physico-Chemical Mechanisms Responsible for Damage of Heat Treated and As-Cast Ferritic Spheroidal Graphite Cast Irons Microstructures and Superplasticity of Rapidly Solidified White Cast Iron Materials Counting Eutectic Grains in S.G. Cast Iron Influence of Silicon Content and Heat Treatment Conditions on Impact Characteristics in the High Toughened Austempered Ductile Cast Iron with Additions of Nickel and Manganese Damage Effect on the Fracture Toughness of Nodular Cast Iron Relation between Microstructure Size and Ductile-Brittle Transition Behaviour in Fracture Toughness of Ferritic Nodular Cast Iron Effect of Thermomechanical Treatment on Toughness of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron The Influence of Austempering and Induction Hardening on Strength and Fatigue of Spheroidal Cast Iron Notch Strength of Cast Iron under Static and Fatigue Loading Estimation of the Tolerable Defects in Brake Disk Made from Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Study on the Fatigue Properties of Austempered Ductile Irons Effect of Initial Flaws on Fatigue Crack Initiation of Austempered S.G. Cast Iron Basic Study on Erosion of Ductile Iron Study of the Wear Resistance of Gray, Vermicular and Ductile Iron under the Oxidational Condition Wear and Fatigue Properties of Austempered Ductile Iron Shaping the Structure and Properties of ADI with High Mn Content through Changes in Chemical Composition and Heat Treatment Oxygen Activity of Ductile Iron Melts - Its Relationship to the Solidification and Shrinkage Behaviour Inoculation of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron An Investigation of the Influence of Chemistry on Metal Penetration in Gray Iron Castings Sulphur Inoculation of Mg-Treated Cast Iron - An Efficient Possibility to Control Graphite Morphology and Nucleation Ability Synthetic Cast Iron Melted in an Induction-Plasma Furnace Development of New Container Manufacturing Process by Vertical Type Centrifugal Casting Method and its Solidification Analysis Production of As-Cast Austenitic-Bainitic Ductile Iron Rolls Microstructure of Semi-Solid Fe-C Alloy Billet for Thixocasting by Powder Compaction Measurement of Permeability on the Mushy Zone of Lamellar Graphite Cast Iron Castability Test Applied to Grey Iron Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Hard-Faced by TIG Arc Remelting Process and its Fatigue Properties Rim Zone Metallurgy: A Coating System to Improve the Microstructure in the Surface-Affected Zone of Permanent Mold Cast Spheroidal Ductile Iron The Effect of Grain Growth upon Eutectic Carbide Particle Coarsening in H.S.S. Solidification of High Speed Steel Type Cast Iron Unidirectional Solidification of Cast Iron: Morphological Changes of Graphite Due to In-Situ Modification Contribution to the Effects of Magnesium-Treatment, Inoculation and Section Thickness on the Spherulite Formation in Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron The Isothermal Transformation of Ductile Cast Iron Control of Eutectic Carbide Precipitation and UAV Formation in 1% Mn Ductile Iron A Stepped Austempering Heat Treatment for a Mn Alloyed Ductile Cast Iron Structural Evolution of Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) during Tempering Austempering Kinetics in Cu-Mo Alloyed Ductile Iron: A Dilatometric Study On the Characterization of Nodule Size Distributions of Commercial Ductile Iron Alloys Characterizing the Form of Graphite in Cast Irons Using an Image Analyser Functional Improvement of Dilatation Analysis on Thermal Analysis for S.G. Iron Quality Estimation Using Thermal Analysis to Predict the Microstructure of Cast Iron Application of Fourier's Thermal Analysis to the Determination of Kinetics Solidification of Cast Iron 3D Stochastic Modelling of Nodular Cast Iron Solidification Graphite Growth in S.G. Cast Irons: Simulation vs. Experiment Modeling of the Stable-to-Metastable Structural Transition in Cast Iron Modelling and Simulation of Ferrite Growth in Nodular Cast Iron Columnar Dendrite Growth in Cast Iron Microsegregation in Spheroidal Graphite Iron: A Numerical Model and its Validation Computer Modeling of Primary Structure Formation in Ductile Iron Metastable Solidification of Eutectic Grey Cast Irons Morphological Stability of Graphite Growth from Cast Iron Melt Modelling the Filtration of Cast Iron by Lattice Gas Prediction of Microstructures in Freezing of Cast Irons Integration of Casting Process and Microstructure Modelling in an Industrial Nodular Iron Casting by Computer Simulation A New Shrinkage Cavity Prediction Method for Solidification Simulation of S.G. Iron Casting Residual Stress Computation and Analysis of Machine Tool Bed Casting Constitutive Equations to Simulate the Casting of S.G. Cast Iron Parts