Training Manual . Siberian State Industrial University . — Novokuznetsk, 2004. — 57 s. Information on thermal, chemical-thermal and thermocyclic processing of gray iron. The possibility of increasing the physical and mechanical properties of gray cast iron without the use of expensive doping is shown. Training manual published within the framework of the Federal Target Program "Integration" . It is intended for students of specialties: "Physics of metals" (070900), "Metal science and heat treatment of metals" (110500) and can be useful for students and postgraduates of metallurgical and machine-building specialties .