Introduction to Steels

• Basic Metallurgy and Principle Phases
  • Heat Treatments
    • Annealing
    • Normalizing
    • Stress Relief
    • Hardening
    • Tempering
  • Hardenability
  • Influence of constituents on steel
    • Effect of carbon on steel
• The Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram
• Iron and Its Interstitial Solid Solutions
• Types of steel
  • Carbon Steels
  • Alloy Steels
  • Tool Steels
  • Stainless Steels

Iron and Carbon Steels

• Steel manufacturing processes
  • Open-hearth Process
  • Bessemer Converter
  • Electric Furnace
  • Continuous Casting
  • Oxygen Lance Process
• Standard shapes and sizes

• Designation of plain and alloy steels

Designation of steel according to

• Mechanical Properties
• Chemical Properties

• Types of Steel according to carbon content
  • Low carbon or mild steel
  • Medium carbon steel
  • High Carbon Steels

   

• Types of steel according to deoxidation process
  • Killed steel
  • Semi-killed steel
  • Capped steel
  • Rimmed steel

Alloy Steels

• Effect of alloying elements on alloy steels

Classification of alloy steels

• Classification according to chemical composition.
• Classification according to structural class.
  •  Pearlitic
  •  Martenstic
  •  Austenitic
  •  Ferritic
  •  Carbidic
• Classification according to purpose.
  • Structural Steels
    • Low alloy Structural Steels
    • Medium alloy Structural Steels
    • High alloy Structural Steels
  • Tool Steels
    • Carbon Tool Steels
    • Alloy Tool Steels
      • Water Hardening Steels
      • Shock Resisting steel
      • Cold-work tool steels
        • Air Hardening Steels
        • Oil Hardening Steels
      • Hot work Steel
      • High Speed Steel
      • Special purpose tool steels
  • Steels with special physical properties
    • Corrosion resistant steels
      • Stainless Steels
    • Heat Resisting Steels
    • Wear Resistant Steels
    • Magnet Steels
    • Maraging steel
    • HadField's Manganese Steel
    • Ultra-High Strength Steels
    • Quenched and Tempered Steels
    • Shock resisting Steels
    • Steels with special thermal properties such as creep resisting steels, etc.

Prominent Alloy Steels

• Silicon Steel
• Silicon Manganese steel
• Nickel Steel
• Chrome-Nickel Steel
• Chrome-Vanadium Steel
• Molybdenum Steel
• Chrome-Molybdenum Steel
• Chrome Steel
• Manganese Steel
• Tungsten Steel
• Vanadium Steel
• Cobalt Steel

Alloys Abbreviations

• Abbreviations and Designations
• Carbon and Alloy steels
• High Strength Sheet Steels
• High Strength Low Alloy Steels
• Tool Steels
• Stainless Steels

Composition of steels

• Carbon steels
• Manganese steels
• Nickel steels
• Nickel-chromium steels
• Molybdenum Steels
• Chromium Steels
• Chromium-Vanadium Steel
• Silicon- Manganese Steel
• Chromium-Nickel Austenitic Steels
• Stainless Chromium Irons
• Free-cutting Steels

Application of steels