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metallurgy

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Metals Technology
UKAS Approved Laboratory Metallurgical Services for Industry
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met⋅al⋅lur⋅gy

  [met-l-ur-jee or, especially Brit., muh-tal-er-jee]
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–noun
1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
2. the technique or science of making and compounding alloys.
3. the technique or science of separating metals from their ores.
Origin:
1695–1705; < NL metallurgia < Gk metallourg(ós) working in metals, mining + NL -ia -ia. See metall-, -urgy

Related forms:
met⋅al⋅lur⋅gic, met⋅al⋅lur⋅gi⋅cal, adjective
met⋅al⋅lur⋅gi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
met⋅al⋅lur⋅gist  [met-l-ur-jist or, especially Brit., muh-tal-er-jist] , noun
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Metals Technology
UKAS Approved Laboratory Metallurgical Services for Industry
www.metalstechnology.co.uk
Materials Testing Lab
Testing lab & Failure Analysis Mechanical-Chemical -Corrosion etc
www.affiliatedmrd.net
met·al·lur·gy   (mět'l-ûr'jē)   
n.  

  1. The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals.

  2. The study of metals and their properties in bulk and at the atomic level.


[New Latin metallūrgia, from Greek metallourgos, miner, worker in metals : metallon, a mine, metal + -ourgos, -worker (from ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots).]
met'al·lur'gic, met'al·lur'gi·cal adj., met'al·lur'gi·cal·ly adv., met'al·lur'gist n.
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Word Origin & History

metallurgy 
1704, from Gk. metallourgos "worker in metal," from metallon "metal" (see metal) + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)).
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metallurgy   (mět'l-ûr'jē)  Pronunciation Key 
The scientific study and technology of extracting metals from ores, refining them for use, and creating alloys and useful objects from them.
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