Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA 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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
A newer electronics and computer sector has been added to the older industries of metallurgy, engineering, and printing and publishing. Source: Internet
Applications Alloys A plate of Molybdenum Copper Alloy About 86% of molybdenum produced is used in metallurgy, with the rest used in chemical applications. Source: Internet
A timeline showing the discovery of metals and the development of metallurgy. Source: Internet