Cast iron
An alloy of iron with carbon above two percent by mass, shaped by casting.
How it connects
Cast iron is a kind of Ferrous metal.
Cast iron is filed under Metal.
Other kinds of Ferrous metal: Iron, Steel and Wrought iron.
In other taxonomies
- Cast ironUniclass, Ma_40_52_42_11nearly the same
- cast ironGetty AAT, 300011004nearly the same
- cast ironWikidata, Q483269nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Cast iron
4 terms, Steel to Wrought iron
Record
- Broader
- Ferrous metal
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ASTM A644-24, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/cast-ironKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderFerrous metaloutgoing
- narrowerFerrous metalincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Ferrous metaloutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Metaloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ironoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Steeloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Wrought ironoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_52_42_11 | Cast iron | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300011004 | cast iron | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q483269 | cast iron | nearly the same |