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Barium based inoculants maintain high nucleation rates throughout the cycle
giving maximum nodularity for ductile iron. These inoculants are specially
suited for foundries where time gap between treatment of metal and pouring
is more due to layout or largeness. Barium based inoculants also work very
well where casting section vary greatly i.e. in jobbing foundries. Their
addition rates are low making them highly economical. They are equally
useful for Gray as well as Ductile Irons making it possible to use only one
type of inoculant for various types of castings.
It is observed that, carbides may form in thin sections in metal treated with /
in converter and cored wire process. Metal treated with Ferro-Silicon –
Magnesium generally will have fewer tendencies to form carbides in thin
sections and also will have good nodularity.
For ladle addition, 0.20 –0.50 % by wt. Of metal and of size 0.5 – 15 mm is
added. For stream inoculation, inoculant of the size 0.08 – 0.25 % by wt. Of
the size 0.2 – to 6 mm is added. Whereas in-mould ( late ) addition can be
0.05 % by wt of size 0.5 -0.2 mm.