Description
This course provides a comprehensive foundation in the principles of steel metallurgy, emphasizing the critical transformations and processes that define modern steel production and performance. Learners begin by examining fundamental phase transformations, then advance into detailed studies of steel phase diagrams, equilibrium states, and the predictive power of metallurgical models. The course covers Continuous Cooling Transformation (CCT) diagrams and hardenability, equipping learners with the tools to assess heat treatment pathways. Finally, the course explores the complex interplay of strain, composition, and microstructure in recrystallisation processes. Designed for metallurgical technicians, materials engineers, and process specialists, this course blends theoretical models with industrial applications, reinforcing each concept through simulations and scenario-based exercises.
Audience Fit: Ideal for professionals and advanced learners in steel manufacturing, materials science, and mechanical engineering seeking to enhance their understanding of transformation mechanisms and process-property relationships in steels.
Course content
Learning Outcomes
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Understands the basics of metallurgy, including the structure and properties of metals.1
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Understands the principles of alloying to create steel with desired properties.2
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Able to analyse steel microstructures to assess material properties.2
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Able to identify basic quality control measures to ensure steel product integrity.1
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Physical metallurgy hardenability, Fe-C diagrams, phases and phase transformations2
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Different phases and microstructures that may form, upon heat treatment of metals, in alloy compositions, and their respective properties2
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Analyse the effects of phase transformations, using CCT diagrams, to determine the heat treatment processes suited to meet material property requirements.2
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Physical metallurgy hardenability, Fe-C diagrams, phases and phase transformations2
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Analyse the effects of phase transformations, using CCT diagrams, to determine the heat treatment processes suited to meet material property requirements.2
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Physical metallurgy hardenability, Fe-C diagrams, phases and phase transformations2
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Different phases and microstructures that may form, upon heat treatment of metals, in alloy compositions, and their respective properties2
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Effects of alloying elements, and component dimensions, on phase transformations occurring upon cooling from austenitising temperature2
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Review heat treatment processes for metals to meet property requirements.2
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Understands the fundamental principles of heat treatment, including the effects of temperature, time, and cooling rate on steel properties.1
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Apply iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagrams to facilitate determination of metallic material properties1
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Understands phase diagrams, especially those relevant to steel and iron-carbon systems.2
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Can explain reaction mechanisms and their impact on reaction kinetics.3
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