This 3-day course in St. Joseph, Michigan covers basic metallurgy principles, binary phase diagrams, TTT diagrams, heat treatment of steel, inclusion classification, and microstructure identification.

This class curriculum is primarily lecture with brief lab examples and final review in the lab of matching actual mounts/microstructures with descriptions.  The ASM Handbook, Volume 9 (Metallography and Microstructures) is included ($264 value).   

Cost for the program is $1,350.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a basic working knowledge of metallographic techniques.

Additional information/agenda:

What are Metals?

· Brief History of Metallurgy & Periodic Table

· Atomic Structure, Crystalline Structure, & Alloying

· Phase Diagrams & What They Can Tell Us

Iron (Ferrous) Based Metals

· Fe-C Phase Diagram & Why is Single Most Important One in Metallurgy

· Cast Iron, Gray Iron, Ductile Iron, Steel, Stainless Steel

· Alloying & How if Affects the Phase Diagram

· Microstructures

Heat Treating

· Annealing, Case Hardening, Quenching, Tempering, & More

· How Heat Treating Alters Microstructure

· TTT & CCT Diagrams