A comparison of the fracture toughness of continuously cast and conventionally cast BS.11 rail steel (TM-FM-27)

British Steel Corporation (B.S.C.) has commenced supplying British Railways (B.R.) with rails rolled from continuously cast (concast) blooms in accordance with its policy of transferring the steelmaking from the Bessemer process at Workington to the basic oxygen process at Lackenby. As these blooms have a smaller cross-sectional area compared to...