Metallurgy of commercial nonferrous metals, e.g, aluminium, magnesium, copper, zinc, titanium, nickel; Alloying, melting and forming into engineering components; Phase diagrams of alloys; Correlations among microstructure, physical, mechanical and corrosion properties affecting their utilizations in engineering services; Mechanical property improvement of nonferrous alloys; heat treatment in aluminium alloys, copper alloys and titanium alloys; Metallurgy and engineering significance of other nonferrous alloys, e.g., tin, lead, gold, and silver.