According to modern archaeological research, a large number of cast iron-related relics and relics have been found at the back end bay cast iron site in Xinzheng Zheng Han's old city. The back end bay cast iron site is located in the southwest of Dongcheng District in Xinzheng Zheng Han's old city, covering an area of nearly 100000 square meters. The site is an official handicraft workshop for casting tools and farm tools in the capital of South Korea in the middle and late Warring States period. Decarbonization kiln was first discovered at the cast iron site in Tuiouwan, Henan Province, advancing the history of ductile iron in China by at least 200 years. It is at least 2000 years earlier than the West.

France's Reiomel (Reaumur) in 1722 made of white heart malleable iron. Later, Seth Boyden of the United States (Seth Boyden) invented black malleable cast iron in 1826.

By the nineteen twenties. Due to the research and progress of the main components of carbon, silicon and other alloying elements in cast iron, the influence of melting method and inoculation effect, the so-called high-grade cast iron has appeared. Therefore, the material has been considerably improved, and to a certain extent, the scope of application has been expanded. However, due to the fundamental disadvantage of low toughness, the scope of its application has not been rapidly expanded.

In 1947, the British Moreau (Morrogh) discovered the presence of spheroidal graphite cast iron.

In 1948, by adding Ce to gray cast iron with high carbon, low sulfur and low phosphorus, and keeping its residue above 0.02%, ductile iron was produced. Almost at the same time, the United States International Nickel Company (INCO) Gaganabin (Gagnebin) and the like obtained the same ductile iron by adding Mg to the cast iron and keeping the residual amount above 0.04%.

During the Second World War, due to the lack of chromium resources necessary for the production of wear-resistant martensitic white cast iron, the study of alternative elements of Cr has become a top priority. As a result, a systematic investigation has been carried out on whether various metals and transition metals that chemically combine with carbon can form carbides, including magnesium. In order to slow down the intense splashing when adding magnesium, Cu80 Mg20 alloy and Ni80-M920 alloy were used. The results show that magnesium not only has a good effect as a substitute element for chromium, but also has a significant desulfurization effect when magnesium has a certain degree of residue in molten iron. On the basis of these new findings, the effect of magnesium addition in gray cast iron was also studied, following white cast iron. 0.5% Mg is added to gray cast iron containing C 3.5%, Si2.25% and Ni 2%, and its tensile strength far exceeds the original expectation (about 13kgf/mm2 for ordinary gray cast iron), reaching as high as 78kgf/mm2.