MatE 443 - Ferrous Metallurgy

   

MatE443 - Ferrous Metallurgy


Instructor: R.E. Napolitano
Lecture Hours: MW 11-11:50, Howe 1252
Laboratory: F 11-11:50, Hoover (plus TBA times)
Office Hours: Thursdays, 3-5pm
Required Textbook: Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, George Krauss, ASM International, 2005, Materials Park, OH.

Email Instructor

Course Overview:

Topics include: production and processing of ferrous metals, physical chemistry and extraction of iron from ore, physical chemistry of steelmaking processes, equilibrium and nonequilibrium phases in the Fe-C system, heat treatment of steels, transformation kinetics, and associated property-processing-microstructure relationships in ferrous metals.