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Cast iron is considered a very common material for manufacturing applications due to its low cost, easy casting and high stress compression sustains. One of the obstacles in the application of cast iron are the corrosion and erosion phenomena which limits using the cast iron in certain applications. To improve the resistance rate of cast iron to corrosion and erosion. Chromium material had been added to the gray cast iron as a function of weight with different ratios to check which ratio is perfect to increase its resistance. The effect of corrosion and erosion on cast iron was investigated experimentally with and without chromium additives on the resistance of gray cast iron with and without chromium additive. Results showed that the mechanical properties increased with the increase of the chromium ratio in the four cases in general to minimize the risk of material destruction from erosion-corrosion.

In this paper, the main goal is to study the impact of nanopowder volume concentration and ultrasonication treatment time on the stability and thermophysical properties of MgO-DW nanofluid at room temperature. The co-precipitation method was utilized to prepare pure MgO nanoparticles with an average particle size of 33 nm. The prepared MgO nanopowder was characterized by using XRD, SEM, and EDX analyses. Then, MgO-DW nanofluid was obtained with different volume concentrations (i.e., 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, and 0.25 vol.%) and different ultrasonication time periods (i.e., 45, 90, 135, and 180 min) by using a novel two-step technique. With volume concentration and ultrasonication time of 0.15 vol.% and 180 min, respectively, good stability was achieved, according to the zeta potential analysis. With increasing volume concentration and ultrasonication time period of the nanofluid samples, the thermal conductivity measurements showed significant increases. As a result, the maximum enhancement was found to be 25.08% at a concentration ratio of 0.25 vol.% and agitation time of 180 min. Dynamic viscosity measurements revealed two contrasting trends with volume concentration and ultrasonication time. The lowest value of relative viscosity was gained by 0.05 vol.% MgO-DW nanofluid. The chemical and physical interactions between MgO nanoparticles and DW molecules play an important function in determining the thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of MgO-DW nanofluid. These findings exhibit that MgO-DW nanofluid has the potential to be used as an advanced heat transfer fluid in cooling systems and heat exchangers.