Metallurgy

  1. Ferrous Metallurgy
    1. Iron and Steel Production
      1. Raw Materials for Ironmaking
        1. Iron Ores
          1. Hematite
            1. Magnetite
              1. Limonite
                1. Siderite
                2. Coke Production
                  1. Coal Selection
                    1. Coking Process
                      1. Coke Properties
                      2. Limestone and Fluxes
                        1. Functions in Ironmaking
                          1. Flux Selection
                        2. Blast Furnace Operation
                          1. Blast Furnace Construction
                            1. Furnace Zones
                              1. Refractory Lining
                              2. Charging Materials
                                1. Burden Preparation
                                  1. Charging Systems
                                  2. Reactions in the Blast Furnace
                                    1. Reduction Reactions
                                      1. Carburization
                                        1. Slag Formation
                                        2. Hot Metal Production
                                          1. Composition Control
                                            1. Tapping Operations
                                          2. Steelmaking Processes
                                            1. Basic Oxygen Furnace
                                              1. Process Description
                                                1. Oxygen Blowing
                                                  1. Flux Additions
                                                  2. Electric Arc Furnace
                                                    1. AC vs. DC Furnaces
                                                      1. Scrap Melting
                                                        1. Power Systems
                                                        2. Induction Furnace Steelmaking
                                                        3. Secondary Steelmaking
                                                          1. Ladle Metallurgy
                                                            1. Ladle Furnace Treatment
                                                              1. Composition Adjustment
                                                              2. Degassing Processes
                                                                1. Vacuum Degassing
                                                                  1. Argon Stirring
                                                                  2. Inclusion Control
                                                                    1. Calcium Treatment
                                                                      1. Rare Earth Additions
                                                                    2. Continuous Casting
                                                                      1. Process Description
                                                                        1. Strand Casting
                                                                          1. Slab Casting
                                                                            1. Bloom and Billet Casting
                                                                          2. Classification and Properties of Steels
                                                                            1. Carbon Steels
                                                                              1. Low Carbon Steels
                                                                                1. Composition Range
                                                                                  1. Properties and Applications
                                                                                    1. Microstructures
                                                                                    2. Medium Carbon Steels
                                                                                      1. Composition Range
                                                                                        1. Heat Treatment Response
                                                                                        2. High Carbon Steels
                                                                                          1. Composition Range
                                                                                            1. Hardening Characteristics
                                                                                              1. Tool Applications
                                                                                            2. Alloy Steels
                                                                                              1. Low Alloy Steels
                                                                                                1. Alloying Elements and Effects
                                                                                                  1. HSLA Steels
                                                                                                    1. Weathering Steels
                                                                                                    2. High Alloy Steels
                                                                                                      1. Tool Steels
                                                                                                        1. Water-Hardening Tool Steels
                                                                                                          1. Oil-Hardening Tool Steels
                                                                                                            1. Air-Hardening Tool Steels
                                                                                                              1. Hot-Work Tool Steels
                                                                                                              2. Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                1. Austenitic Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                  1. 300 Series Compositions
                                                                                                                    1. Properties and Applications
                                                                                                                    2. Ferritic Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                      1. 400 Series Compositions
                                                                                                                        1. Magnetic Properties
                                                                                                                        2. Martensitic Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                          1. Heat Treatment Response
                                                                                                                            1. Hardness Capabilities
                                                                                                                            2. Duplex Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                              1. Precipitation-Hardening Stainless Steels
                                                                                                                          2. Specialty Steels
                                                                                                                            1. Maraging Steels
                                                                                                                              1. Hadfield Manganese Steel
                                                                                                                                1. Silicon Steels
                                                                                                                                  1. Valve Steels
                                                                                                                                2. Cast Irons
                                                                                                                                  1. Gray Cast Iron
                                                                                                                                    1. Graphite Morphology
                                                                                                                                      1. Matrix Structures
                                                                                                                                        1. Properties and Applications
                                                                                                                                        2. Ductile Iron
                                                                                                                                          1. Nodular Graphite Formation
                                                                                                                                            1. Inoculation and Nodularization
                                                                                                                                              1. Heat Treatment Options
                                                                                                                                              2. White Cast Iron
                                                                                                                                                1. Carbide Formation
                                                                                                                                                  1. Wear Resistance
                                                                                                                                                  2. Malleable Iron
                                                                                                                                                    1. Annealing Process
                                                                                                                                                      1. Temper Carbon Formation
                                                                                                                                                      2. Compacted Graphite Iron
                                                                                                                                                        1. Intermediate Graphite Morphology
                                                                                                                                                          1. Properties Between Gray and Ductile
                                                                                                                                                          2. Alloyed Cast Irons
                                                                                                                                                            1. Ni-Resist Irons
                                                                                                                                                              1. High-Chromium Irons
                                                                                                                                                                1. Austempered Ductile Iron

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