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ABDALLAH I. AL TAMIMI INDUSTRIAL SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT
Testing and Inspection Works - ISO 9001:2008 Certified
METALLURGY FOR NON-
METALLURGIST
Address: POBOX30844, AL-KHOBAR-31952, TEL:038640369 , FAX: 038640396
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(Metallurgy for Non Metallurgist)
COURSE CONTENTS
Chapter Page
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 - 4
Metallurgy, importance of metallurgy, classification of metallurgy
2. The Nature of Materials………………………………………………………………………………….5 - 10
Material structures, amorphous solid, Crystalline solid, Alloy & Phase, Typical crystal lattice
Body Centered Cubic (BCC), Face Centered Cubic (FCC), Hexagonal Closed Packed (HCP), Solid
solution, Substitution solid solution, interstitial solid solution, Diffusion in alloys, Grain structure,
Crystallization, Nucleation, Crystal growth and Dendrites.
3. Basics of Steel & Cast Iron………………………………………………………………………………11 - 18
Steel, Classification of steels, Carbon Steel, Low Carbon Steel, Medium Carbon Steel, High Carbon
Steel, Tool Carbon Steel, AISI Designation system of carbon steels, Cast Iron, Classification of cast
irons, Alloy Steel, Classification of Alloy Steel, AISI / SAE Designation System for Alloy Steel,
Classification of Stainless Steel, Austenitic stainless steels, Ferritic stainless steels, Martensitic
stainless steels, Austenitic-ferritic (Duplex) stainless steels, Precipitation hardening stainless steels,
AISI / SAE Designation system for stainless & tool steel
4. Iron Carbon Diagram………………………………………………………………………………………19 - 23
Iron-carbon phase diagram, Phases in Fe–C Phase Diagram, Transformation Products, Critical
temperatures
5. Heat Treatment ……………………………………………………………………………………………..24 - 30
Heat Treatment Processes, Normalizing, Annealing, Spheroidization, Stress Relieving, Quenching
(Hardening), Tempering,
6. Effect of alloying elements on steel properties…………………………………………….31 - 32
Characteristics of alloying elements on Properties of Metals
7. Properties of Metals……………………………………………………………………………………….33 - 35
Mechanical, Physical, Chemical, Electrical, Technological Properties
8. Testing of material………………………………………………………………………………………….36 - 44
Tensile test, Fatigue test, Creep test, Impact test, Bend test, Hardness test

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9. Processing of Material……………………………………………………………………………………45 - 67
Casting, Casting Processes, Rolling, Extrusion, Powder Metallurgy, Pipe and Tube making, Forging,
Drawing, Deep Drawing, Stamping, Pressing
Continuous Casting, Sand Casting, Die Casting, Investment Casting, Centrifugal Casting
Melting Furnaces, Cupola furnace, Electric Arc furnace, Induction furnace, Crucible furnace,
Casting Defects
10. Welding Processes………………………………………………………………………………………….68 - 84
Welding, Classification of welding processes
Arc welding, Carbon arc, Shield Metal arc, Metal inert gas, Tungsten inert gas, Plasma arc,
Submerged arc, Electro-slag
Gas Welding, Resistance Welding, Solid state welding, and welding defects, Brazing, Soldering
Glossary……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….85 – 95

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Contacts
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