metallurgy
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The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.
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A 16th century book by Georg Agricola called De re metallica describes the highly developed and complex processes of mining metal ores, metal extraction and metallurgy of the time.
Aluminium plant in Žiar nad Hronom (Central Slovakia main Extractive metallurgy is the practice of removing valuable metals from an ore and refining the extracted raw metals into a purer form.
A History of Chemistry, Bensaude-Vincent, Isabelle Stengers, Harvard University Press, 1996, p13 Between the time of Bolus and Zosimos, the change took place that transformed this metallurgy into a Hermetic art.
A newer electronics and computer sector has been added to the older industries of metallurgy, engineering, and printing and publishing.
Applications Alloys A plate of Molybdenum Copper Alloy About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgy, with the rest used in chemical applications.
A timeline showing the discovery of metals and the development of metallurgy.