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The branch of engineering concerned with the production of metals from their ores, the purification of metals, the manufacture of alloys, and the use and performance of metals in engineering practice. Process metallurgy is concerned with the extraction and production of metals, while physical metallurgy concerns the mechanical behaviour of metals.
From: metallurgy in A Dictionary of Physics »
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
