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Annealing-Related Phenomena

Explore steel metallurgy from phase diagrams to recrystallisation, with insights into hardenability, microstructure, and heat treatment.

Ferrous Metallurgy

Recovery

Full Code

MET0107205

Module Type

E-learning

Description

Short description:
Covers steel phase transformations, emphasizing how heat, composition, and treatment affect microstructure and properties.

Long description:
This module introduces learners to the fundamentals of phase transformations in steel. It explains steel phase diagrams, temperature-composition effects, equilibrium and non-equilibrium transformations, and the influence of cooling rates and alloying elements on microstructure and mechanical properties.

What you will learn

- Interpret steel phase diagrams to determine transformation pathways.
- Differentiate between equilibrium and non-equilibrium transformations in steel.
- Describe the influence of cooling rates on phase formation during heat treatment.
- Identify the microstructural changes induced by alloying elements in steel.
- Analyze the relationship between phase transformations and mechanical properties of steel.

Module content

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Learning Outcomes

Heat Treatment Analysis
3

Physical metallurgy hardenability, Fe-C diagrams, phases and phase transformations

2
Different phases and microstructures that may form, upon heat treatment of metals, in alloy compositions, and their respective properties

2
Analyse the effects of phase transformations, using CCT diagrams, to determine the heat treatment processes suited to meet material property requirements.

2

Heat Treatment Operations
1

Understands the fundamental principles of heat treatment, including the effects of temperature, time, and cooling rate on steel properties.

1

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