Atomic and Crystalline structure of steel

Date 10-24-2007 18:30

I am teaching a maintenance course and part of it is a materials and processes course. I am looking for courseware or texts that describe the above in terms that are at a tech level. I want to touch on heat treating and the welding of steel.
Most of what I find is tough going for my students. They are smart guys but I do not want to waste much time on something that they only have to be aware of but not use it every day.
Thanks

By G.S.Crisi (****)

Date 10-24-2007 23:39

The Unit Cell (also called Bravais lattice) of ferrite is Body Centered Cube (BCC). That of austenite os Face Centered Cube (FCC).
On any book of Material Science (Callister, for example), you'll find figures illustrating how they look like.
Giovanni S. Crisi
Sao Paulo - Brazil

By MBSims

Date 10-25-2007 00:08 Edited 10-25-2007 00:11

Here's a link to some basic info. Check out Chapter 15. It is 15Mb, so it takes a few minutes to load.

http://www.metalwebnews.org/ftp/machinery-repairman.pdf

Here's another good resource:

http://www.gatewaycoalition.org/sub_category/sub_category.aspx?subcatid=1022&mcatid=105
http://www.gatewaycoalition.org/includes/display_project.aspx?ID=433&maincatid=101&subcatid=1005&thirdcatid=0

By gshuma

Date 10-25-2007 14:49

Thanks Guys.