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Material Science and Metallurgy

Welding Technology · Level 6  ·  8 Chapters

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Chapters

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Evaluate properties of engineering materials
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Apply iron materials
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Apply aluminium and its alloys
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Apply copper and its alloys
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Apply heat treatment
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Perform metal testing
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Apply common non-metallic materials
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Apply material corrosion prevention
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What Material Science and Metallurgy covers: 22 main topics in 7 chapters

1. Evaluate properties of engineering materials

  1. 1.1 Occupational health and safety standards
  2. 1.2 Types of Engineering Materials
  3. 1.3 Properties of Engineering Materials
  4. 1.4 Forms of Supply of Engineering Materials (Description and applications)
  5. 1.5 Mill Test Certificates

3. Apply aluminium and its alloys

  1. 3.1 Properties, Applications and Care 3.1.1 1000 series (Pure aluminium) 3.1.2 2000 series (Cooper alloy) 3.1.3 3000 series (Manganese alloys) 3.1.4 4000 series (Silicon alloys) 3.1.5 5000 series (Magnesium alloys) 3.1.6 6000 series (Magnesium and silicon alloys) 3.1.7 7000 series (Zinc alloys) 3.1.8 8000 series (Lithium alloys)
  2. 3.2 Advantages of aluminium and its alloys in engineering

4. Apply copper and its alloys

  1. 4.1 Copper and Copper Alloys: Properties, Applications and Care
  2. 4.2 Advantages of copper and its alloys in engineering

5. Apply heat treatment

  1. 5.1 Definition and Objectives of Heat Treatment
  2. 5.2 Heat Treatment Processes: Description, Advantages, Limitations, and Applications
  3. 5.3 Heat treatment furnaces
  4. 5.4 General Safety Processes During Heat Treatment

6. Perform metal testing

  1. 6.1 Metal Inspection Machines, Tools and Equipment: Types, Usage and Care
  2. 6.2 Consumables
  3. 6.3 Non-destructive Metal Test: Types and Applications Visual inspection
  4. 6.4 Tensile strength
  5. 6.5 Applications Tensile testing
  6. 6.6 Machines and Equipment Lubrications

7. Apply common non-metallic materials

  1. 7.2 Handling of materials

8. Apply material corrosion prevention

  1. 8.1 Corrosion Types
  2. 8.2 Methods of Corrosion Prevention

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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