help with welding paper for school - metal science

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i was given an assignment by my welding instructor the other day to write a paper on metal science. it only has to be a couple pages but im a little overwhelmed after doing my initial research on the topic. there is a lot of information and im not sure where to start and where to stop. i was hoping i could get a couple ideas of things i should make sure to include. thanks.
Reply:One cool thing my teacher told me in night classes is "think of metal as if its water it just happens to be a solid at room temperature" It may be coo to touch on that and imagine venus or some other hot planet and the flowing rivers of metal. It always got my imagination going. Like I wonder if your in a cold enough place - could you weld ice?
Reply:Since you have access to the web, look up the Mendeleev's (the genius who figured it out) Periodic Chart of the Elements.  Print a copy so you can have it readily available on your desk.  Now, look at the chart (refer to Wikipedia for how to read) for all the metals.  Write down the names of all the metals you can see.  Now look at definition/description of each metal and how they are similar.  Refering to the table, look at where they are...are they in the same row, or in the same column  Look up those that are in the same row or in the same column.  Think about it.  Can you draw any conclusions?  Now read a bit on Widkipedia about how to read the table, what do the rows represent, what do the columns represent.What is shown in that table is the basis for everything about metals.Now write your paper...you could even include a copy of the table, for the third page.  Good luck.Oh, by the way, the letter i, when used to represent you, is always capitalized, as I, and the first letter of a sentence is always capitalized.  These are not optional rules, and your teacher will think more of your ability if you follow the simpest language rules....and those are about the simplest.  And since you use a computer, when you get it written, put it in Word (or put in an email) on your computer and do a spell check, and fix any errors found.Last edited by Chris Bar; 02-01-2011 at 08:21 PM.
Reply:Well no wonder your overwhelmed, there's no topic.  Metal science?  You need to narrow it down WAY more than that.  Is there a specific material you want to do the paper on, or is it just supposed to be an introduction to metallurgy?Have we all gone mad?
Reply:do some metallurgy research like the "iron carbon phase diagram" pretty easy to get some pages out of that and pretty easy stuff to understand. explain ferrite, austenite, cementite, pearlite ect. do a little web digging and youll find everything you need. otherwise some good spots to find a subject to write on can be found on esabs web site maybe AWS's website and im trying to think of other places but drawing a blank. good luck
Reply:Just to mess with a teacher who gave me such a broad topic to write about I'd write about heavy metal poisoning. Or write about COPALUM wiring-- something to be the jackass that I always am. Maybe you can post it on a blog or something and have the forum members nit-pick. Reminds me of a time in high school my human anatomy teacher had us write about an affliction or disease or something of that sort. We all had to do different topics and I ended up getting to choose last. I chose Alopecia areata. The balding teacher was slightly amused.I can remember in the 7th grade my mom said "people will offer you drugs" by the 10th grade I was like, "where the hell are these people?"
Reply:There are entire libraries full of books whose subject matter falls under the topic of 'metal science'.You're going to have to pick something more specific to write about, if you're only going to write a couple pages.If you can choose anything you wish to write about, pick something that is meaningful to you.  What's your favorite welding process?  TIG/GTAW?  Maybe you could research tungsten(since it's a key part of TIG/GTAW welding)?Or do you prefer to work with Aluminum, rather than steel.  Then write a short paper comparing the physical properties of steel vs aluminum.You like cars?  Like shiny chrome?  Find out how they chrome plate parts and write a paper describing the process.  Include pros and cons of using chrome plating.  Talk about the dangers involved.  Find out what alternatives are available for chrome plating that might be easier or less expensive.  Compare those alternatives to chrome plating.I could go on and on, but it's your paper.  Whatever you do, don't get all your information from the internet.  It's notoriously unreliable.  Go to the library and get your facts from actual books, which have a reputation for being more factually correct.  Better yet, get 2 or 3 books on the same subject, and see if they all agree on the facts.  Then check and see what gibberish you find on the internet...Include an example in your paper of disagreements in facts between your sources.  If you're feeling brave, pick one set of facts and explain why they're right and all the other stuff you found is wrong.Before you know it, you'll have reams of paper and your problem will be, how do I keep this paper just 2 or 3 pages long? Originally Posted by MaDeNMiAmi305i was given an assignment by my welding instructor the other day to write a paper on metal science. it only has to be a couple pages but im a little overwhelmed after doing my initial research on the topic. there is a lot of information and im not sure where to start and where to stop. i was hoping i could get a couple ideas of things i should make sure to include. thanks.