Module 1: Steelmaking Fundamentals
  Lecture 1: Types of steels, History of modern steelmaking and Indian scenario
 


Attributes:

Steel belongs to iron carbon system. This system has a unique feature to alloy with several elements of the periodic table to produce materials for diversified applications.

Iron-Carbon system is capable of creating any desired property by altering the microstructure through surface hardening, heat treatment and deformation processing.

Steel is recyclable and hence is a “green material”.

The above attributes make steel to be the most important engineering material. Around 2500 different grades are produced to cater the need of several industries ranging from structural to aero-space.