# malleable iron

> cast as white iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. Through an annealing heat treatment, the brittle structure as first cast is transformed into the malleable form

**Wikidata**: [Q187406](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187406)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleable_iron)  
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