cast iron

Summary

cast iron ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,877 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• cast iron is a type of alloy^[2].
• cast iron is a type of ferroalloy^[3].
• cast iron's Commons category is recorded as Cast iron^[4].
• cast iron comprises iron^[5].
• cast iron comprises carbon^[6].
• cast iron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cast iron^[7].
• cast iron's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• cast iron's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• cast iron's different from is recorded as wrought iron^[10].
• cast iron's different from is recorded as steel casting^[11].
• cast iron's different from is recorded as steel^[12].
• cast iron's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include alloy^[2] and ferroalloy^[3].

Use and Application

Components include iron^[5], a chemical element^[14] and carbon^[6], a chemical element^[15].

Influence

Things named for cast iron include Eiserne Bridge^[16], a stone bridge^[17], in Germany^[18], founded in 1916^[19].

Why It Matters

cast iron ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,877 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include Eiserne Bridge^[16], a stone bridge^[17], in Germany^[18], founded in 1916^[19].