Full index of articles on metals

• Fundamentals of metals
  
  • Metals crystal structure
  • Solid solutions
  • Diffusion in alloys
  • Grain structure
  • Imperfections of crystal structure
  • Crystallization
• Basic processes in metals
  • Solidification
  • Phase transformations and phase diagrams
  • Microsegregation
  • Basic principles of heat treatment
  • Spinodal decomposition
  • Plastic deformation
• Corrosion and oxidation
  • Electrode potentials
  • Polarization
  • Pourbaix diagrams
  • Galvanic corrosion
  • Pitting corrosion
  • Crevice corrosion
  • Intergranular corrosion
  • Selective corrosion (dealloying)
  • Stress corrosion cracking
  • Corrosion fatigue
  • Cathodic protection
  • Corrosion protection coatings
  • Corrosion inhibitors
  • Volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI)
  • High temperature oxidation of metals
• Metal properties and tests
  • Physical properties of metals
  • Tensile test and Stress-Strain Diagram
  • Hardness test methods
  • Hardness Conversion Table
  • Fracture Toughness
  • Fatigue
  • Creep
  • Chemical Composition Evaluation
  • Adhesion tests
• Metallographic examination
  
  • Metallographic examination - introduction
  • Macro-examination of metallographic specimens
  • Specimen polishing technique
  • Etching metallographic specimens
  • Metallurgical Microscope
  • Scanning Electron Microscope
• Extractive metallurgy
  • Extractive metallurgy of iron
  • Extractive metallurgy of aluminum
  • Extractive metallurgy of copper
  • Extractive metallurgy of magnesium
  • Extractive metallurgy of nickel
  • Extractive metallurgy of titanium
• Steel making
  • Steel making (introduction)
  • Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF)
  • Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)
  • Ladle refining
  • Deoxidation of steel
  • Desulfurization of steel
  • Non-metallic inclusions in steel
  • Structure of killed steel ingot
  • Macrosegregation in steel ingots
  • Fabrication of large steel ingots
  • Electroslag Remelting
• Foundry technologies
  • Casting properties
  • Melting furnaces
  • Sand casting
  • Investment casting
  • Permanent mold casting
  • Die casting
  • Centrifugal casting
  • Squeeze casting
  • Continuous casting
  • Horizontal continuous casting in graphite mold
  • Continuous casting in traveling mold
  • Direct Chill (DC) casting
• Metal forming technologies
  • Rolling
  • Forging
  • Extrusion
  • Drawing
  • Deep drawing
  • Steel strip processing
  • Shot peening
  • Laser peening
  • Burnishing
• Heat treatment technologies
  • Annealing and stress relief
  • Normalizing
  • Hardening
  • Case hardening
  • Ion nitriding
  • Tempering
  • Precipitation hardening
  • Cryogenic treatment of steel
  • Salt bath heat treatment
  • Furnaces for heat treatment
• Powder metallurgy
  • Powder metallurgy - introduction
  • Powder preparation
  • Die pressing of metallic powders
  • Isostatic pressing of metallic powders
  • Sintering of metals
  • Metal injection molding
• Coating technologies
  • Coating technologies - introduction
  • Surface preparation
  • Abrasive blast cleaning
  • Alkaline cleaning
  • Rinsing
  • Electroplating
  • Diffusion layer
  • Electroplating alloys
  • Electrolytic co-deposition
  • Nickel electroplating
  • Hard chromium electroplating
  • Decorative chromium electroplating
  • Tin alloy electroplating
  • Silver plating
  • Copper plating
  • Anodizing
  • Black oxide coating
  • Black copper oxide coating
  • Phosphate coating
  • Adaptive tribological coatings
  • Anti-stiction coatings for MEMS
  • Diamond-Like Carbon
  • Vapor deposition
  • Sputtering
  • Thermal spraying
  • Electrophoretic deposition
  • Electropolishing
  • Electrochemical machining
• Metal joining technologies (welding, brazing, soldering)
  • Classification of welding processes
  • Principles of arc welding
  • Carbon Arc Welding
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
  • Submerged Arc Welding (SAW)
  • Metal Inert Gas Welding (MIG, GMAW)
  • Tungsten Inert Gas Arc Welding (TIG, GTAW)
  • Electroslag Welding (ESW)
  • Plasma Arc Welding (PAW)
  • Resistance Welding (RW)
  • Gas Welding (GW)
  • Electron Beam Welding (EBW)
  • Solid State Welding (SSW)
  • Thermit Welding (TW)
  • Laser Welding (LW)
  • Brazing
  • Soldering
• Steels and cast irons
  
  • Iron-carbon phase diagram
  • Effect of alloying elements on steel properties
  • Classification of steels and cast irons
  • Carbon steels
  • Alloy steels
  • Tool and die steels
  • Stainless steels
  • Creep resistant steels
  • Cast irons
  • Welding stainless steels
• Aluminum alloys
  • Classification of aluminum alloys
  • Temper designation of aluminum alloys
  • Effects of alloying elements on properties of aluminum alloys
  • Wrought aluminum alloys
  • Wrought aluminum alloys (1xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-copper alloys (2xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-manganese alloys (3xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-silicon alloys (4xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-magnesium alloys (5xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloys (6xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-zinc-magnesium alloys (7xxx)
  • Wrought aluminum-lithium alloys
  • Cast aluminum alloys
  • Sintered aluminum alloys
  • Fluxes for melting aluminum
  • Degassing treatment of molten aluminum alloys
  • Aluminum extrusion
• Copper alloys
  • Classification of copper alloys
  • Temper designation of copper alloys
  • Wrought Coppers and high copper alloys
  • Wrought brasses
  • Wrought phosphor bronzes
  • Wrought aluminum bronzes
  • Wrought silicon bronzes
  • Wrought copper-nickel alloys and Nickel Silvers
  • Spinodal Bronzes
  • Cast Coppers and high copper alloys
  • Cast brasses
  • Cast manganese bronzes
  • Cast silicon bronzes and silicon brasses
  • Cast tin bronzes and leaded tin bronzes
  • Cast aluminum bronzes
  • Cast copper-nickel alloys and Nickel Silvers
  • Cast copper-lead alloys
  • Cast copper special alloys
  • Treatment of molten copper alloys
• Magnesium alloys
  • Classification of magnesium alloys
    
  • Wrought magnesium alloys
    
  • Cast magnesium alloys
    
• Nickel alloys
  • Classification of nickel alloys
  • Commercially pure nickel alloys
  • Nickel-copper alloys
  • Non-heat-treatable nickel-chromium-iron alloys
  • Heat-treatable nickel-chromium-iron alloys
• Titanium alloys
  • Classification of titanium alloys
  • Commercially pure and low alloyed titanium alloys
  • Titanium alpha and near-alpha alloys
  • Titanium alpha-beta alloys
  • Titanium beta alloys
• Silver alloys
• Gold alloys
• Platinum alloys

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