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Course Prefix and Number: MTT 141
Course Title: Metals and Heat Treatment
Syllabus prepared by: David F. Walker
Date written or revised: August 8, 2006
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TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Prefix & Number: MTT 141
Course Title:
Metals and Heat Treatment
Class Hours
Per Week: 3
Lab Hours
Per Week: 0
Credits
Awarded: 3
Catalog Description:
This course is a study of the properties, characteristics, and heat
treatment procedures of metals.
Entry Level Skills:
The skills acquired in MTT 124, EGT 104, MTT 205, or
equivalent work experience.
Pre-requisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Text(s)/Required
Material:
Carpenter Matched Tool & Die Steels Handbook
Handouts
Course Competencies
and Objectives:
Upon completion of Metals and Heat Treatment, the student should
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List important properties of metals.
Explain the meaning and significance of the properties.
Relate properties to specific applications.
List common non-ferrous metals.
Describe the particular properties of some common non-ferrous
metals.
Describe common applications of non-ferrous metals.
List non-ferrous alloys.
Describe the characteristics of non-ferrous alloys.
Describe the applications of non-ferrous alloys.
List the raw materials used in the production of iron.
Describe the function of a blast furnace.
Briefly describe the three common steel making processes.
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MTT 141
Distinguish between the two major routes that steel takes when
it arrives at the rolling mill.
Distinguish between plain carbon steel and alloy steels.
Describe some of the plain carbon steels and their
characteristics.
Describe some of the alloy steels and their characteristics.
List the common alloying elements used in steels and describe
their effects on the properties of steel.
List the four things essential to the making of a good tool.
Describe tool steels and their purposes and significance to
modern industry.
Explain the tool steel classification system.
Identify some of the types of tool steels and the basic alloying
element or elements contained in them.
List some particular applications of the different types of tool
steels.
Explain what is meant by critical points of water and iron.
Explain the iron-carbon diagram.
Relate the iron-carbon diagram to the properties of steel.
Describe the relationship of carbon content, temperature, and
time in the heat treating of carbon steels.
Select a metal or heat treatment process and write a research
report.
Explain the purpose of heat treatments.
Explain the purpose of quenching.
Describe the different quenching methods.
Explain the purpose of tempering.
Explain the effects of heat treatment on high carbon steel.
Explain the purpose of annealing.
List the annealing stages.
List types of annealing.
Briefly explain each type of annealing.
State some of the purposes of surface hardening.
Name and explain the common surface-hardening techniques.
State the relationship of time, temperature, and depth of
hardening.
List selected applications where surface hardening is used.
State the purpose of surface treatment for steels.
List some of the common surface treatments for steels.
Explain the purpose of testing metals.
Briefly define destructive testing.
Briefly define nondestructive testing.
Name and explain the common destructive testing methods.
Name and explain the common nondestructive testing methods.
Describe the various hardness testing methods.
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Describe the process for testing the hardness of metal using a
Rockwell hardness tester.
Major Course Topics:
Properties of Metals, Non-ferrous Metals, Non-ferrous Alloys
Production of Iron and Steel, Plain Carbon and Alloy Steels
Essentials of a Good Tool, Tool Steels and the Iron-Carbon
Diagram
Heat Treatments of Steels: Heating, Quenching, Tempering,
Annealing, Aging, and Surface Hardening
Surface Plating and Destructive and Nondestructive Testing of
Metals
Grade Calculation
Method:
Average of 5 Unit Tests
Homework
Report
Final Exam
Prepared by: David F. Walker
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