Chapter 2 — Metals That Move America Steelmaking · iron–carbon · designations · heat treatment · nonferrous (Weeks 3–4)

Tool 1 · Lever-Rule Slider

Slide the carbon content; watch the slow-cooled microstructure change

Hypoeutectoid steel, slow cooled: ferrite (0.02 % C) + pearlite (from 0.77 % C austenite)

ferrite
pearlite

Tool 2 · AISI–SAE Grade Decoder

Pick a grade; read it like a metallurgist

Pick a grade and press Decode.

Drill · Match the Heat Treatment to the Job

Every steel part gets a cooling path on purpose. Choose the right one.

Chapter 2 Self-Quiz