study material on metals

That is such a broad category.

Can you narrow it done? Ferrous, non-ferrous, stainless, castings, .......?

Check out the DOE-HDBK-1017/1-93 DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Material Science @

http://www.hss.energy.gov/NuclearSafety/techstds/standard/standard.html

Do they help you out?

You may also find some good material to download from MIT's online courses @

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Just browse through either mechanical or materials science under the left hand bar - find a particular course - such as,

And go to "Download Course Material" @

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-14Fall2003/DownloadthisCourse/index.htm

I'd suggest Googling the phrase "learn about metals". You'll find links to many resources.