王晓丽、朱燕玉、胡小龙主编的这本《材料工程专业英语》是根据21世纪高等职业教育的发展要求，在认真总结和充分吸收当前高职院校基于工作过程中的课程改革经验，针对高职高专材料工程（含冶金技术、材料加工）专业按照“材料工程”专业的教学计划和教学大纲的要求，贯彻“必需，够用和少而精”的原则编写的。全书共分5部分，内容包括钢铁冶金的基础知识、铁矿石还原理论、炼铁、炼钢、连铸工艺、轧钢工艺知识、质量检测、设备操作说明书等。教材知识面广、综合性强、适用范围广，可作为金属材料工程、材料成型及控制、冶金技术等大学专科学校的专业英语教材，也可供有关工程技术人员参考。

王晓丽、朱燕玉、胡小龙主编的这本《材料工程专业英语》是为高等职业技术学校和高等专科学校的材料、冶金及相近专业编写的专业英语教材。本书在编写过程中充分突出了职业技术教育的特点，在内容安排上尽量选择与生产实践相关的题材。

教材内容分为5部分，13章。除第11章外，每章由Text 1-Text 5五篇文章组成。内容基本覆盖了材料工程专业的各个主要方面，包括钢铁冶金的基础知识、铁矿石还原理论、炼铁、炼钢、连铸工艺、轧钢工艺知识、质量检测、设备操作说明书等内容。为加深理解和学用结合，每部分都附有思考题和习题，使学生能够掌握本专业最基本的英文词汇，为将来的学习及研究工作打下良好的基础。

《材料工程专业英语》可作为高等职业技术教育和高等专科学校的材料成型、冶金及相关专业的专业英语教材，也可用作成人大专、职工培训和继续教育教材，并可供工程技术人员参考。

0 The Steelmaking Process

   PART I Introduction to Iron and Steel

I The Application of Steel

Text 1 The Versatility of Steel

Text 2 The Development of New Steel Grades

Text 3 Materials for High-performance Products

Text 4 A Wide Variety of Processing Properties

Text 5 Problem-free Recycling

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2 Steel this Innovative Material

Text 1 The Degree of Steel

Text 2 The Development of Steel

Text 3 Fundamentals of Steel

Text 4 The Various Grades of Steel

Text 5 Manufacturing Process for Iron and Steel

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Skills and Training I

   PART II Iron Making and Steel Making

3 Raw Materials for the Production of Iron and Steel

Text 1 The Iron Ores

Text 2 Scrap

Text 3 Fuels and Reducing Agents

Text 4 Fluxes

Text 5 Refractories

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4 From Ore to Steel

Text 1 Reducing Iron Ore

Text 2 Blast Furnace---Converter

Text 3 The Electric Arc Furnace

Text 4 Secondary Metallurgy

Text 5 Special Developments

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5 Reduction of Iron Ores

Text 1 Ironmaking

Text 2 The Blast Furnace Process

Text 3 Reactions in the Blast Furnace

Text 4 The Blast Furnace Products

Text 5 Hot Metal Pretreatment

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6 Steelmaking

Text 1 Charge Materials

Text 2 Refining

Text 3 Oxygen Metallurgy

Text 4 Electric Steelmaking

Text 5 Secondary Metallurgy (Post-treatment of Steel)

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   PART III Iron and Steel Casting

7 Steel Casting in the Metallurgical Plant

Text 1 Casting

Text 2 Ingot Casting

Text 3 The Production Stages in Continuous Casting

Text 4 The Primary Features of Continuous Casting

Text 5 Types of Continuous Casting Plants

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8 Iron and Steel as Casting Alloys

Text 1 Cast Iron

Text 2 Lamellar Graphite Cast Iron

Text 3 Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron

Text 4 Malleable Cast Iron

Text 5 Cast Steel

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Skills and Training III

   PART IV Steel Rolling

9 The Forming of Steel

Text 1 The Forming of Steel

Text 2 Rolling

Text 3 Rolled Steel Products

Text 4 Other Hot-forming Processes

Text 5 Heat Treatment of Steel

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10 Rolling Mill Installations

Text 1 Roll Stands

Text 2 Roll Stand Types

Text 3 Rolling-mill Rolls

Text 4 Rolling-mill Furnaces

Text 5 Structural Parts of Walking Beam Furnace

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Skills and Training IV

   PART V Assurance

11 Materials Testing and Quality Assurance

Text 1 The Fundamentals

Text 2 Materials Testing

Text 3 Quality Assurance

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12 Operation and Maintenance Manual

Text 1 Operating and Safety Instructions

Text 2 Meaning of Symbols

Text 3 General Safety Regulations

Text 4 General Operation Regulations

Text 5 Safety Equipment and Danger Areas

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Skills and Training V

   Appendix

New Words and Expressions

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