Title: Compare typical properties of selected metals and alloys.
Course: Materials and Processes Technology (13052-36) > Section: Working with Metals

Comparison should include

- ferrous, nonferrous, superalloy, and refractory metals
- carbon as the principal hardening agent in steel alloys
- thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity
- heat treatment as used to alter the properties for metals
- the ability to change the properties of an alloy by changing its composition.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How is heat conducted by metals?
- What is the fatigue point of various metals?
- How can metal be strengthened?
- How does the atomic structure of a metal relate to its physical and chemical properties?
- How does increasing the space by removing impurities or decreasing the space by adding atoms change an alloy?
- Why is carbon considered the most important commercial steel alloy?