Metallurgy Terms

Here is a list of metallurgy terms and lessons and courses we offer that teach about each term.

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A1 critical temperature: Steel Metallurgy

A3 critical temperature: Steel Metallurgy

Acm critical temperature: Steel Metallurgy

Activation polarization: Metal Corrosion

Active metal: Metal Corrosion

Aging: Principles of Metallurgy

Alloy composition: Principles of Metallurgy

Anneal: Principles of Metallurgy

Annealing (steel): Annealing

Anode: Metal Corrosion

Aqueous corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Artificial aging: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Austenite: Steel Metallurgy

Austenitize: Normalizing

Bainite: Steel Metallurgy

Barrier coating: Metal Corrosion

Body centered cubic: Principles of Metallurgy

Cathode: Metal Corrosion

Cathodic protection: Metal Corrosion

Cementite: Principles of Metallurgy, Steel Metallurgy

Chromium carbide precipitates: Intergranular Corrosion

Coarsening: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Cold rolling: Principles of Metallurgy

Cold working: Principles of Metallurgy

Concentration cell corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Concentration cell: Metal Corrosion

Concentration polarization: Metal Corrosion

Corrosion cell: Metal Corrosion

Corrosion reactions: Metal Corrosion

Crevice corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Critical temperature: Steel Metallurgy

Crystal lattice: Principles of Metallurgy

Crystal lattice: Principles of Metallurgy

Crystal structure: Principles of Metallurgy

Dealloying: Metal Corrosion

Dezincification: Metal Corrosion

Differential aeration cell: Metal Corrosion

Diffusion: Principles of Metallurgy

Diffusivity: Principles of Metallurgy

Discontinuous yielding: Tensile Testing

Dislocation motion: Principles of Metallurgy

Dislocation: Principles of Metallurgy

Drawing: Principles of Metallurgy

Edge dislocation: Principles of Metallurgy

Elastic deformation: Tensile Testing

Elastic modulus: Tensile Testing

Electric potential: Metal Corrosion

Electrochemical cell: Metal Corrosion

Electrochemical reaction: Metal Corrosion

Electrode potential: Metal Corrosion

Electrolyte: Metal Corrosion

Electromotive force: Metal Corrosion

Elongation: Tensile Testing

Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy: Failure Analysis of Metal Fractures

Face centered cubic: Principles of Metallurgy

Ferrite: Principles of Metallurgy, Steel Metallurgy

Filiform corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Full anneal: Annealing

Galvanic corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Galvanic series: Metal Corrosion

General corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Grain boundary: Principles of Metallurgy

Grain growth: Principles of Metallurgy

Grains: Principles of Metallurgy

Impurity: Principles of Metallurgy

Intergranular corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Intergranular Corrosion: Intergranular Corrosion

Interstitial diffusion: Principles of Metallurgy

Interstitial site: Principles of Metallurgy

Interstitial: Principles of Metallurgy

Iron-Carbon Phase Diagram: Steel Metallurgy

Lattice site: Principles of Metallurgy

Localized corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Low-alloy carbon steel: Steel Metallurgy

Lower yield strength: Tensile Testing

Martensite finish temperature: Steel Metallurgy

Martensite start temperature: Steel Metallurgy

Martensite: Principles of Metallurgy, Steel Metallurgy

Microstructure: Metal properties, Principles of Metallurgy

Microstructure: Failure Analysis of Metal Fractures

Mixed microstructure: Steel Through Hardening

Natural aging: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Noble metal: Metal Corrosion

Overage: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Oxidation: Metal Corrosion

Passivation: Metal Corrosion

Passive: Metal Corrosion

Passivity: Metal Corrosion

Pearlite: Steel Metallurgy

Phase field boundary: Steel Metallurgy

Phase Transformations: Principles of Metallurgy

Phases:  Principles of Metallurgy

Pitting corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Plain carbon steel: Steel Metallurgy

Plastic deformation: Tensile Testing

Plug corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Polarization: Metal Corrosion

Polycrystalline: Principles of Metallurgy

Potential difference: Metal Corrosion

Precipitate: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Precipitation strengthening: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Process anneal: Annealing

Quench: Steel Metallurgy

Recrystallization anneal: Annealing, Principles of Metallurgy

Recrystallization: Principles of Metallurgy

Reduction: Metal Corrosion

Rephosphorized steel: Steel Metallurgy

Resulfurized steel: Steel Metallurgy

Rockwell hardness: Failure Analysis of Metal Fractures

Sacrificial anode: Metal Corrosion

Sacrificial coating: Metal Corrosion

Scanning electron microscope: Failure Analysis of Metal Fractures

SEM: Failure Analysis of Metal Fractures

Sensitization: Intergranular Corrosion

Sensitized: Intergranular Corrosion

Single crystal: Principles of Metallurgy

Solid solution strengthening: Principles of Metallurgy

Solid solution: Principles of Metallurgy

Solution heat treatment: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Spheroidize anneal: Annealing

Spheroidized cementite: Annealing

Strain: Tensile Testing

Stress corrosion cracking: Stress Corrosion Cracking, Metal Corrosion,

Stress: Tensile Testing

Substitution: Principles of Metallurgy

Super-saturated solid solution: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Temper: Steel Metallurgy

Tensile strength: Tensile Testing

Tensile testing: Tensile Testing

Threshold stress: Stress Corrosion Cracking

Time-temperature-transformation diagram: Steel Metallurgy

Underage: Precipitation Strengthening, Principles of Metallurgy

Uniform corrosion: Metal Corrosion

Unit cell: Principles of Metallurgy

Upper yield strength: Tensile Testing

Vacancy diffusion: Principles of Metallurgy

Vacancy: Principles of Metallurgy

Yield strength: Tensile Testing, Principles of Metallurgy

Yield stress: Principles of Metallurgy