Wear resistance and mechanical properties of high
chromium cast irons depend on the eutectic and
precipitated carbides within their microstructures and on
the nature of the matrix supporting the hard eutectic
carbides. Table 2 gives a conclusion of the types,
crystallography, morphologies, and hardness of carbides in
high chromium cast irons, and comparison of the hardness
of some abrasive materials in Table 3