Metallurgy Training for Non-Metallurgists Learning Path

The ASME Metallurgy Training for Non-Metallurgists Learning Path covers a range of metallurgical engineering topics that provide non-metallurgists with a good foundation to make decisions and solve problems involving metals. This learning path covers metallurgy fundamentals, steel metallurgy, metal failure analysis, and corrosion of metals. Completion of this path supports you to: 

• Assimilate and use metallurgy terminology.
• Identify approaches to modify metal strength and hardness. 
• Explain the designation system used for different steels.  
• Identify carbon content in carbon and low-alloy steels based on their alloy designations.
• Explain common microstructures present in steel.
• Describe the effects of carbon content and various heat treatments on steel microstructure and resulting steel hardness, strength, and toughness
• Employ common techniques used for failure analysis and the data obtained. 
• Explain how to determine fracture mode based on the appearance of a fracture surface. 
• Explain how to perform a failure analysis on fracture, corrosion, and manufacturing failures.
• Explain how an electrochemical corrosion cell works.  
• Explain how and why corrosion occurs.  
• Evaluate mechanisms and rate-influencing factors for the seven common corrosion types and identify three approaches for prevention.
• Describe test methods used to measure corrosion rate and assess corrosion behavior for the different types of corrosion.

Package materials (included in your purchase)

• Access to all course materials via ASME's Learning Hub (see individual course page(s) for specific materials included in each course)
• Downloadable and annotatable PDF of the included ASME standard(s) via ASME's Learning Hub

Please review the individual course descriptions for detailed information.