Course Description:

This class identifies the major categories, properties, and uses of steels and their alloys.

Course Prerequisites:

Mechanical Properties of Metals 120; Metal Classification 150

Course Learning Objectives:

• Identify the basic ingredients of steel.
• Distinguish between steels and cast irons.
• Identify the types of cast irons.
• Describe plain carbon steel.
• Identify uses for different grades of carbon steel.
• Define alloy steel.
• Identify common alloying elements.
• Describe high-strength low-alloy steels.
• Describe stainless steel.
• Identify the types of stainless steels.
• Define tool steel.
• Distinguish between different types of tool steels.
• Define superalloy.
• Describe how to select the best alloy.

Course Outline:

1. Objectives
2. Ferrous Metals Today
3. Steel vs. Cast Iron
4. Types of Cast Iron
5. Plain Carbon Steel
6. Grades of Carbon Steel
7. Alloy Steels
8. Common Alloying Elements
9. High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels
10. Stainless Steels
11. Types of Stainless Steels
12. Tool Steels
13. Types of Tool Steels
14. Superalloys
15. Selecting the Best Alloy
16. Summary