After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

• analyse materials technology-related processes in steel.
• describe the relation between microstructure of poly-crystalline materials and the resulting mechanical-technological properties (strength, toughness etc.).
• describe classical methods of thermal and mechanical treatment of the metallic microstructure of steel.
• design steels with requested mechanical properties.
• summarise the classical production routes of steel.

Iron-Carbon system (phase diagram, effect of alloying elements, types of iron-base alloys, ...); microstructure-property relationship; possibilities of microstructural transformations (transformation hardening, heat treatments, recrystallization, recovery, ...); steel production

discussion of case studies; practical material

Written exam. A complete list of questions and answers is available in TISS.

Lecture notes are available at the first lecture, after that in the office of the institute .