Saturday, March 26, 2011

CrazyEngineers Forum - Chemical & Metallurgy Engineering

CrazyEngineers Forum - Chemical & Metallurgy Engineering

Hi Everyone

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PDT

I'm not an engineer and have no desire to reach any advanced level of Metallurgy, but I do work for a company that blends scrap stainless for manufacturing companies. The position I'm in really limits my ability to learn about metal chemistries. I know the basics of only the metals we deal with, but would like to gain more advanced knowledge of them and the hows and whys of what metals can be blended together to make certain types of stainless.

The easiest and probably quickest way to do this would be to go to school for Metallurgy; however, time and financial restraints limit my opportunities for schooling at the moment. I feel that if I could get my hands on some good books that I could obtain the knowledge I desire in a reasonable amount of time. As I stated earlier, I in no way wish to obtain the level of knowledge of a metallurgist. I only wish to obtain a more specific knowledge of the metals and chemistries that we work with on a regular basis; 201, 301, 316, 410, 430, 440 stainless steels. I would also like to know, some what in depth, how nickel, manganese and moly effect the blends separately. I would also like to gain knowledge on why sulfer, tin, copper, and lead contaminate stainless steel.

My main goal in the search is to find literature that will help me learn how to blend different stainless steel scrap metals to create other stainless steel metals. If anyone can help me with suggestions of any type of book that can be obtained at a local library please post.

Thanks,
Mike
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