Here are free lessons and articles on a variety of metallurgy subjects. Click the titles for access.
Lessons
Articles
Failure analysis articles
- What is a Failure Analysis
- Preventing Failure Analysis Frustration
- Orange Peel Failure Analysis
- Cracked Rivet Failure Analysis
- Cracked Chuck Failure Analysis
Product design articles
- Product Design, Manufacturing, and Materials
- Materials Selection for Great Products: Overview
- Materials Selection: Design Requirements
- Metals Engineering for Cost Reduction
- Material Selection for Drive Shaft
- Benefits of Materials Engineering
- Materials Engineering and Successful Products
Metals science and engineering articles
- Relationship Between Metal Properties, Composition, Microstructure, and Manufacturing Processes
- Manipulating Metal Properties
- Selecting Capable Suppliers, Part 1
- Selecting Capable Suppliers, Part 2
- When a Low-Cost Supplier Becomes Expensive
- Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steel
- Free-Machining vs. Welding: A Manufacturing Dilemma
- Precipitation Strengthening
- Orange Peel
- Sheet Metal Formability
- Phase Transformations in Alloys
- Residual Stress
- The difference between strength and toughness
- Specifying Metal Hardness – Is it Enough?
- Phase Diagram
- Controlling the Atoms in Metals
Heat treating articles
- Why Control Heat Treatment Temperature?
- Why Temper Through Hardened Steel ?
- Annealing to Increase Metal Ductility
- Recrystallization Anneal
Stainless steel articles
Aluminum articles
- Aluminum Alloy Families: Strength Metallurgy
- Mechanisms for Strengthening Aluminum
- High Strength Aluminum Alloys
Corrosion articles