Wrought iron has a lower carbon content and contains little slag and impurities. It is soft and not brittle, and can be worked more easily than cast iron. But the production of it is very small. 熟铁含碳量较低,含渣和杂质也不多。它软而不脆,比起铸铁来更容易加工,但产量很少。
Since 1974 the research work on gas soft nitriding of nodular cast iron crankshafts used in agricultural diesel engine has started. 用气体软氮化强化农用柴油机球铁曲轴的研究始于1974年。