Principles of Metallurgy (Self Study)
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Self Study
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Learn about the fundamental metallurgy concepts that apply to all metals.
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This Self Study course is designed to be taken at your convenience and on your own schedule. You have 365 days from the time of purchase to finish the course.
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This course teaches fundamental metallurgy concepts that apply to all metals and explains how these concepts apply to approaches for modifying metal strength and hardness.
You will learn:
- metallurgy terminology
- metallurgical factors that influence metal properties
- how alloying, heat treatment, and cold working affect metal strength
Principles of Metallurgy was designed for non-metallurgists - people who want an introduction to metallurgy or want to refresh what they learned years ago in a college course.
Understanding the concepts taught in this course is an important step to more in-depth learning about different alloys, fabrication and joining processes, and heat treating. The knowledge you'll gain will help you with design and manufacturing decisions, quality and reliability problems, and conversations with suppliers, customers, and engineers about metals.
By participating in this course, you will learn how to successfully:
- Explain the relationship between a metal’s properties and its composition, microscopic structure, and the manufacturing processes used to fabricate the metal.
- Describe three types of microscopic structures present in metals.
- Explain how cold working, alloying, and heat treating are used to strengthen a metal.
- Explain the microstructure and property changes that occur in cold worked metals, steels, and precipitation hardened alloys when they are heat treated.
- Relate the heat treatment time and temperature to the microscopic structures and properties of steels, annealed metal, and precipitation hardened alloys.
Who should attend?
- Anyone involved with design and manufacturing when metals are involved. This includes design, manufacturing, and quality engineers.
- Principles of Metallurgy was designed for non-metallurgists - people who want an introduction to metallurgy or want to refresh what they learned years ago in a college course.
Course Materials (included in purchase of course)
Digital course notes via ASME’s Learning Hub
Course participants are expected to have:
A computer and internet connection
A Certificate of Completion will be issued to registrants who successfully complete the course by achieving a passing score of 70% or higher on the final exam.
Module 1: Introduction
- Explains the relationship between metal properties, composition, microstructure, and processing. This is at the core of practical application of metallurgy.
Module 2: Composition
- Covers how metal composition is expressed, difference between alloying element and impurity, effects of composition changes on metal properties.
Module 3: Microscopic Structures
- Microscopic structures. Discusses crystal structure, grains, and phases. All have huge effects on metal properties.
Module 4: Crystal Defects
- These are microscopic structures that are actually helpful. They enable metal ductility, affect metal strength, and enable alloying.
Module 5: Diffusion
- Explains how atoms move within a metal, factors that influence the motion, effects of diffusion on metal microstructure, and why it is essential for heat treating.
Module 6: Application of Metallurgy Principles
- A review of concepts covered in previous modules.
Module 7: Cold Working
- Covers the microscopic changes that occur during cold working and effects on metal strength and hardness. Applies to all metals.
Module 8: Annealing of Cold-Worked Metals
- Discusses microstructure changes that occur during annealing, effects on metal strength, and effects of annealing temperature and time. Applies to all metals.
Module 9: Solid Solution Strengthening
- Explains how alloying elements affect metal strength and hardness. Applies to many alloys including steel, aluminum, brass, and others.
Module 10: Steel Metallurgy
- Covers the phases present in steel, their effects on steel strength and hardness, and basics of common steel heat treatments.
Module 11: Precipitation Strengthening
- Also known as precipitation hardening and age hardening. Discusses the heat-treating steps, the microstructure changes that occur, and effects on metal strength. Applies to 2xxx, 6xxx, and 7xxx aluminum alloys, PH stainless steels, and other precipitation strengthened alloys.
Module 12: Course Review
Michael J. Pfeifer, Ph.D, P.E.
Industrial Metallurgists, President
Dr. Michael J. Pfeifer is a seasoned metallurgical engineer and president of Industrial Metallurgists, LLC, where he leads engineering consulting efforts in product design, manufacturing process development, quality improvement, and failure analysis.
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