Metallurgy of Steel: Principles

Getting the strength and hardness you need in your steel requires knowledge of the effects of alloy composition and heat treating on steel properties. With knowledge of steel metallurgy you’ll be better able to:

Select the most appropriate alloy and heat treating process for your application
Evaluate suppliers
Develop manufacturing processes
Solve quality problems

A good understanding of what can be done to modify the properties of steel is critical for being more productive and profitable.

What Will You Learn

The following aspects of steel metallurgy are taught in this course:

Steel types & designations used for the different categories of steel alloys
Metallurgical phases and microstructures found in steels and their effects on steel strength and hardness
How to use the iron-carbon phase diagram to predict the phases present in a steel alloy based on composition and temperature
Microstructure changes that occur in steel during heating and cooling and the resulting effects on strength and hardness
Effects of cooling rate on the microstructure that forms when steel is quenched during through hardening heat treatment

Course Information

COURSE LENGTH

3.00 Hours

ACCESS PERIOD

90 Days

Is This Course For You

This online course is targeted to design, manufacturing, and quality engineers, and sourcing specialists. It is suggested that, as a prerequisite, participants have basic knowledge of solid solution, substitutions, interstitials, diffusion, effects of process temperature and time on diffusion and metallurgical changes, metallurgical phases, grains, grain boundaries, dislocations or the concepts covered in our Principles of Metallurgy online course.

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Materials Provided

90 days of single-user access (from date of purchase) to the three hour presentation
Integrated knowledge checks to reinforce key concepts
Course workbook (.pdf, dowloadable)
Certificate of Completion (upon completion of all course content and a score of 70% or higher on the learning assessment)

Course Requirements

Windows or macOS
Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari (Other OSs and browsers including mobile devices are not supported by may work)
Broadband-1Mbps minimum

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