Down and Dirty Welding Metallurgy

In order to understand welding metallurgy, you need to understand how metals harden.

Carbon and low alloy steels harden differently from stainless, nickel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, cobalt, and copper alloys.

If you ask 10 engineers what would happen if you heated all the metals above to red hot and then quench them in cold water, you would be very surprised at the answers. Sometimes colleges skip right over this basic stuff.

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Welding Metallurgy introduction - You have to Know this before going on
Day 1 - Carbon and low alloy Steels
Day 2 - Iron Based Stainless Steels
Day 3 Metallurgy - Nickel Alloys
Day 4 Metallurgy - Aluminum Alloys
Day 5 Metallurgy - Magnesium
Day 6 Metallurgy - Titanium Alloys
Day 7 Metallurgy - Cobalt Alloys
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