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Here are free lessons and articles on a variety of metallurgy subjects. Click the titles for access.

Lessons

• Metal properties – FREE
• Modifying Metal Strength – FREE

Articles

• Preventing Failure Analysis Frustration
• Orange Peel Failure Analysis
• Cracked Rivet Failure Analysis
• Orange Peel
• Materials Selection for Great Products: Overview
• Materials Selection: Design Requirements
• Why Temper Through Hardened Steel
• Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steel
• Free-Machining vs. Welding: A Manufacturing Dilemma
• Annealing to Increase Metal Ductility
• Recrystallization Anneal
• Residual Stress
• The difference between strength and toughness
• Specifying Metal Hardness – Is it Enough?
• Phase Diagram
• Introduction to Stainless Steel
• Why is Stainless Steel Corrosion Resistant?
• Aluminum Alloy Families: Strength Metallurgy
• Mechanisms for Strengthening Aluminum
• Metal Corrosion
• Stress Corrosion Cracking