Manganese in the Foundry - A Description of Its Metallurgical Character, Influences and Value in Cast-Iron, With Directions for Use #248338

Total Carbon, or Saturation Point for Car bon. The quantity Of carbon with which molten iron can combine (=combined graphitic carbon of the solidified iron) depends chiefly on the per centage Of silicon, sulphur and manganese which it contains. The former two elements lower the saturation point for carbon, while manganese raises it. Chemically pure iron can apparently only combine with about of carbon.