Steel Metallurgy
eLearning
Explore the science behind steel. Learn how composition, microstructure, and heat treatment influence strength, hardness, and toughness—and how alloy types, phases, and processing shape steel performance.
Credit Info
- Contact Hours: 3
- IACET CEUs: N/A
- Valid for ASNT Level III recertification: Yes
Course Overview
Steel Metallurgy introduces the metallurgical factors that influence the properties and performance of steel. The course explains how composition, microstructure, processing, and heat treatment affect steel strength, hardness, and toughness.
Learners will gain an understanding of the different categories of steel alloys, the designation systems used to identify them, and how metallurgical phases and microstructures influence mechanical properties. The course also explains how heating and cooling processes change steel microstructure and how heat treatments such as annealing, normalizing, and through hardening affect steel properties.
ASNT partners with Industrial Metallurgist, LLC to deliver this course. Enrollment is completed through ASNT’s learning management system, while coursework takes place on Industrial Metallurgists, LLC learning platform.
Upon Completion, Learners Will Have Covered:
- The different types of steel and common steel designation systems
- Metallurgical phases and microstructures found in steels
- How microstructure influences steel hardness, strength, and toughness
- How to use the iron–carbon phase diagram to understand microstructure changes in steel
- How heating and cooling processes affect steel microstructure
- The effects of annealing, normalizing, and through hardening on steel properties
Meet the Instructor
Michael Pfeifer
Michael Pfeifer is President of Industrial Metallurgists, a leading engineering consultancy that specializes in metallurgical engineering for product design, manufacturing, and root cause analysis of product failures.
With over 30 years of hands-on experience, Michael has been helping clients world-wide with design and manufacturing decisions and problems. He also is a failure analysis expert for forensic engineering investigations, and provides metallurgy expert witness services when needed.
Questions? Contact us at education@asnt.org
*A passing score of 70% on the final exam is required to complete the course and receive a certificate of completion. Learners will receive three attempts to pass the exam. If the learner is unable to pass the final exam within the three attempts, the course will need to be repurchased.