metallurgy

Also known as metallurgical engineering

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.

AI overview

Metallurgy is the science of studying how metals behave and work, including pure metals and mixtures of metals called alloys. It matters because understanding these materials helps engineers and scientists create better metals and alloys for use in products and infrastructure.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Research

26,692 papers

Colloidal metallurgy.Nature chemistry · 2021Hueckel T, Sacanna SDOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00723-0
Metallurgy: Printing steels.Nature materials · 2017Todd IDOI: 10.1038/nmat5042
Geopolymerization of solid waste of non-ferrous metallurgy - A review.ReviewJournal of environmental management · 2019Singh J, Singh SPDOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109571
The influence of metallurgy on the formation of welding aerosols.ReviewJournal of environmental monitoring : JEM · 2002Zimmer ATDOI: 10.1039/b202337g
A review on the recycling processes of spent auto-catalysts: Towards the development of sustainable metallurgy.ReviewWaste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Trinh HB, Lee JC, Suh YJ et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.06.030
Metallurgy: No more tears for metal 3D printing.Nature · 2017Todd IDOI: 10.1038/549342a
Potential environmental pollution from copper metallurgy and methods of management.Environmental research · 2021Izydorczyk G, Mikula K, Skrzypczak D et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111050
Low-cost powder metallurgy Ti-Cu alloys as a potential antibacterial material.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2019Alshammari Y, Yang F, Bolzoni LDOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.04.004

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of: branch of science
Subclass of: materials science
Industry: metal industry
Image: VysokePece1.jpg

Show 4 more facts

on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have
Commons category: Metallurgy
topic's main category: Category:Metallurgy
Stack Exchange tag: chemistry.stackexchange.com/tags/metallurgy

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~21 min read

Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Etymology and pronunciation
History
Extraction
Metal and its alloys
Production
Metalworking processes
Heat treatment
Plating
Shot peening
Thermal spraying
Electroless deposition
Characterization
See also
Footnotes
References
External links

Metallurgy encompasses both the science and the technology of metals, including their production and the engineering of metal components used in products for both consumers and manufacturers. Metallurgy is distinct from the craft of metalworking by providing it with a scientific foundation, much as medical science supports the practice of medicine. A specialist practitioner of metallurgy is known as a metallurgist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metallurgy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.