Molten material is allowed to solidify into the final shape.
Casting defects occur during solidification:
Gas porosity
Shrinkage
Two stages of solidification:
Nucleation
Growth
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" As we follow along on a cladogram, it will split at nodes into two or more internodes a specitation event (the formation of new species). The line between two specification events, the internode, represents at least one hypothetical ancestor."