G ray cast iron is being widely used in the industrial market due to its low price and excellent properties such as low melting temperature, minimum shrinkage, deformation resistance and corrosion resistance [1,2] . Over the past decade, more than 70% of the world's cast materials are gray cast iron [1] . However, gray cast iron has poor tensile strength, high brittleness and high density compared with new iron alloys. These disadvantages may hinder the use of gray cast iron in many specific applications [2] . However, the tensile strength can be improved through optimum selection of iron compositions, casting method, and sintering phenomenon [3] . Recently, the tensile strength of gray cast iron has been improved significantly by adding small amounts of alloying elements to the iron's matrix to control the microstructure. These alloying elements are Abstract: Experiments were carried out to observe the variation in microstructure and mechanical properties of gray cast iron by adding pearlite promoting alloying elements such as Ti, Sn and W. Results show that adding Sn, Ti, and W with different concentrations improve the microstructure, Brinell hardness and tensile strength of gray cast iron. With the increase of alloying element concentration, the average graphite length and graphite content increase linearly. At the same time, average cell size and the maximum graphite length also decrease linearly. Brinell hardness and tensile strength of gray cast iron also increase with an increase in alloying elements contents, and attain the maximum when Ti = 0.561%, Sn = 0.561% and W = 0.945%. However, at higher concentrations of Ti = 0.810%, Sn = 0.631% and W = 1.351%, the tensile strength decreases from 333 MPa to 297 MPa and the Brinell hardness decreases from 248 HB to 225 HB. The decrease in tensile strength and Brinell hardness at the higher concentration level is attributed to the formation of coarse and thick graphite flakes.