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Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists

Metallurgy for Non-Metallurgists has already been watched by more than 2000 people, not only in Brazil but also in Argentina and Venezuela, and has been taught since 2015 and is always being updated.

It is aimed at professionals, not necessarily trained in metallurgy, who work in some way with metals, mainly steel.

The course presents a review of all metallurgical concepts, metal behavior, mechanical properties, test methods, diagrams, Fe-C diagram, heat treatments and, finally, the part focused on Failure Analysis.

General Information and Course Content

Duration: 16 hours (EAD or In-Person)

Cost: R$650.00*/participant (minimum: 5)

* Price for Greater SP. In other locations, travel, accommodation and food costs will be added.

  • To convey technical concepts about metals, in particular about ferrous alloys (steels and cast iron) and aluminum alloys. How are metals produced? Why do metals deform? Why are they good conductors?

  • How metals and their alloys are obtained and transformed into the products we use in our projects (rolling, forging, casting, sintering, etc.)

  • Phase Diagrams and their importance

  • Fe-C diagram

  • The microconstituents of steels and how they affect mechanical properties

  • The most important “ families ” of materials, such as steels for mechanical construction, for use in plastic injection molds, steels for forging, etc. and Al-Si alloys.

  • Heat treatments , which are based on TTT diagrams (temperature, time, transformation) and derivatives of phase diagrams.

  • Mechanical properties and how they relate (ductility, toughness, hardness, resilience, etc.)

  • Analysis of historical failure cases involving metals

  • Non-Destructive Testing

  • Fracture Mechanics (the relationship between defects and material strength)

  • How do metals fail?

  • Fractography - the analysis of fractures and the determination of root causes in failure processes

  • Analysis of real cases

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