Investigation on grinding wear behaviour of austempered · An attempt has been made to assess the grinding wear behaviour of austempered ductile iron ADI as media material in comminution of Kudremukh haematite iron ore in a ball mill Spheroidal graphite iron balls were austenitised at 900°C for one hour and austempered at 280°C and 380°C for different time durations These materials were characterized by measuring hardness carrying out