COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Metals: A History: history of the discovery of the major commercially important metals; the first primitive refining techniques; brief descriptions of cultural significance of metals
2. Extractive Metallurgy: techniques used to win metals from mineral ores, including hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical, and electrometallurgical techniques
3. Solidification of Metals: introduction to the science of metallurgy, including crystal structure; concepts of solidification and solid solubility; basic binary phase diagrams
4. Metal Forming: forging, rolling, extrusion, swaging, and other techniques employed to form metals at elevated temperatures; rolling, stamping, coining, spinning, and other techniques used to form metals at ambient temperatures
5. Mechanical Properties and Their Measurement: definitions of mechanical properties and explanations of testing procedures; introduction to concepts of standardization and quality control
6. Steels and Cast Irons: Applications and Metallurgy: description of the allotropic nature of iron and its effect on the properties of steels and cast irons; listing of selected applications of steels and cast irons
7. Heat Treatment of Steel: hardness and hardenability of steel; specific processes and their applications; heat treating procedures, equipment, quenchants, and hardness measurements
8. Case Hardening of Steel: techniques used to harden the case of a metal, including carburizing, nitriding, carbonitriding; procedure for measuring case depth
9. Strengthening Mechanisms: techniques used to harden the nonferrous metals, including age hardening, strain hardening and related metallurgical concepts for aluminum, titanium, copper and other nonferrous metals
10. Nonferrous Metals: Industrial Applications and Properties: light metals, aluminum, beryllium, magnesium and titanium; copper and its alloys; lead, tin, and zinc; precious metals
11. Joining: techniques of welding, brazing, and soldering, including descriptions of specific applications of each process described
12. Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention: causes of corrosion and the environmental factors which contribute to it; types of corrosion are discussed, together with techniques for minimizing it
13. Quality Control and Failure Analysis: procedures for predicting and/or evaluating the performance of metals in service
14. Materials Characterization and the Selection Process: explanation of the designation systems for classes of metals and alloys in worldwide use today; descriptions of factors which affect the selection of a material for a particular application; brief comparison of polymers and ceramics related to metals; case studies of material selection problems
WHO SHOULD ENROLL:
- Anyone who needs a working understanding of metals and their applications
- Those with no previous training in metallurgy
- Technical, Laboratory, and Sales Personnel
- Engineers from other disciplines
- Management and Administrative Staff
- Non-technical Support Staff
SUGGESTED PREREQUISITES:
A basic understanding of chemistry and physics
