Aluminum Metallurgy

Aluminum Metallurgy

This course teaches about wrought aluminum metallurgy. It is geared to non-metallurgists who work in design and manufacturing.

You will learn

  • distinguishing features between different alloy families
  • aluminum alloy designation system
  • temper designations used for cold worked and precipitation hardened (aged) aluminum.
  • how alloying, cold working, and heat treating are used to modify aluminum strength and hardness.
  • aluminum metallurgy terminology

The concepts covered will give you a better sense of how aluminum alloys can be engineered and what it takes to control aluminum strength properties.

This course is a strong fit for engineers, designers, technicians, quality professionals, manufacturing teams, and purchasing professionals who work with metals but do not need to become full-time metallurgists. You will learn core metallurgy concepts that will help you make better decisions and communicate more effectively with technical teams.

Course details

  • Length: 2 hours
  • Training credit: 2 training hours and 0.2 CEUs
  • Content: 6 learning modules, a final exam, and a pdf of the course slides
  • Format: Online, on-demand, and interactive
  • Access: 4 months
  • Certificate of completion: awarded after passing the final exam.
  • Best for: Engineers, technicians, quality and manufacturing teams, and purchasing professionals
  • Group discounts!
  • Purchase Principles of Metallurgy for $125 when you purchase it along with this course. Use discount code POM100.

What this course helps you do

The aluminum metallurgy knowledge you’ll gain from this course will help you with materials selection, supplier evaluation, manufacturing process development, and solving quality problems. Also, you'll be able to better communicate more effectively with other engineers, customers, and suppliers.

What you will learn

The following aspects of aluminum metallurgy are taught in this course:

  • The different families of wrought aluminum alloys
  • Composition and strength differences between the alloy families.
  • Relationship between metal strength and the microscopic structures that influence strength.
  • Effects of cold-working, alloying, and heat treating on aluminum microstructure and strength.
  • Aluminum temper designations for cold-worked and precipitation strengthened alloys.

Quizzes and problems give opportunities to apply the aluminum metallurgy concepts taught. The course takes about two hours to complete.

Course content

Introduction
Wrought aluminum alloy families and the main differentiation between the alloy families.
12 minutes
Alloy and Temper Designations
Wrought aluminum alloy designation system. Four strengthening mechanisms for wrought aluminum alloys. Temper designation systems for cold-worked and precipitation strengthened alloys.
14 minutes
Solid Solution and Dispersion Strengthening
Solid solution, solid solution strengthening, and dispersion strengthening.
10 minutes
Cold Worked Tempers
Annealed and cold-worked temper designations. Effects of cold working on microstructure and strength. Effects of annealing on microstructure and strength
15 minutes
Precipitation Strengthening
Metallurgical changes that occur during precipitation strengthening heat treatment. Temper designations for precipitation strengthened alloys.
16 minutes
Course review
18 minutes
Final exam
30 minutes

Course content

The module titles and content covered are:

  1.  Introduction. Wrought aluminum alloy families and the main differentiation between the alloy families.
  2.  Alloy and Temper Designations. Wrought aluminum alloy designation system. Four strengthening mechanisms for wrought aluminum alloys. Temper designation systems for cold-worked and precipitation strengthened alloys.
  3.  Solid Solution and Dispersion Strengthening. Solid solution, solid solution strengthening, and dispersion strengthening.
  4.  Cold Worked Tempers. Annealed and cold-worked temper designations. Effects of cold working on microstructure and strength. Effects of annealing on microstructure and strength
  5.  Precipitation Strengthening. Metallurgical changes that occur during precipitation strengthening heat treatment. Temper designations for precipitation strengthened alloys.
  6.  Course review.
  7. Final exam. 70% required to pass the course and receive a certificate of completion.

Principles of Metallurgy for $125 when you purchase it along with this course. Use discount code POM100.

Course certificate

A certificate for 2 training hours (0.2 CEUs) will be awarded after completing all course modules and successfully completing the final exam.


What people say about our courses

Engineers and technical professionals use this course to build practical metallurgy knowledge they can apply in design, manufacturing, quality, and supplier related work.

  • "Principles of Metallurgy covered the foundations of metallurgy and effects of manufacturing processes needed to obtain desired mechanical properties. This information has been valuable during my work in both design and manufacturing. I highly recommend it for someone that could benefit from knowledge of the fundamentals of metallurgy."
    Chris M.
    Mechanical Design Engineer
    Oil & Gas Industry
  • The Principles of Metallurgy course was a great refresher and supplement to the Properties of Materials course I took in college. The content focuses on information relative to industry, which will help greatly in my day-to-day job functions.
    Alex Nocera
    Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense
  • Well worth the time to do Metallurgy of Steel Heat Treating. It has given me more confidence in my job and given me a better understanding of some of the heat treatments used in the business
    Mark Winter
    Test House, Abbey Forged Products
  • I learned a bunch from this course. I needed an understanding of the heat treating and metals for our heat treating process in house. I now have a much better understanding of what is accomplished in the process along with understanding what could be a problem in our process.
    Tim Harris
    Gesipa Fasteners USA

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Individual: Fee is per person. Add the course to your cart and pay. You will receive an email with instructions on how to access the course. Registering for someone else? Register using their name and email address at the start of the check-out process, and use your credit card to pay.

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