General -- Advantages of castings -- General properties of cast metals -- Casting design -- Pattern equipment -- Estimation of casting cost -- Cross index of equivalent ferrous and nonferrous casting alloy specifications -- List of technical societies and trade associations -- Significance of mechanical testing for cast metals -- Molding methods -- Inspection methods for castings -- Gray and white cast irons -- General information -- Metallurgy of cast irons -- Methods of manufacture -- Properties of cast iron : General information; tensile strength; transverse strength and deflection; modulus of rupture; compressive strength; elasticity, plasticity and stiffness; shear strength; torsional strength; fatigue and endurance limit; impact or shock resistance; hardness; damping capacity; machinability; wear resistance; heat resistance; subnormal temperature properties; corrosion resistance; electrical and magnetic properties; thermal conductivity; coefficient of thermal expansion; physical constants -- Classification and specifications -- Heat treatment of gray iron -- White and chilled iron castings -- Applications -- Bibliography -- Malleable cast iron -- General information --Metallurgical reactions -- Methods of manufacture -- Properties of malleable iron -- Pearlitic malleable iron -- Nodular cast iron -- Nodular cast iron -- Steel castings -- General information -- Methods of manufacture -- Metallurgy -- Welding of steel castings -- Properties of steel castings -- Steel castings specifications -- Some cast steel applications -- Bibliography on cast steel -- Nonferrous alloys -- Aluminum-base castings alloys -- Cooper-base alloys -- Magnesium-base alloys -- Lead-base alloys -- Nickel-base alloys -- Cast tin-base alloys -- Titanium-base alloys -- Zinc-base alloys.