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metallurgy

[met-l-ur-jee, muh-tal-er-jee] / ˈmɛt lˌɜr dʒi, məˈtæl ər dʒi /


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The company, Valor, is an attempt to commercialize a breakthrough in metallurgy called electrochemical liquid-liquid extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

The seemingly limitless power of the steam engine helped change that view, making fortunes in mining, metallurgy, brewing, and, especially, textiles.

From Barron's Jan. 13, 2026

At the southeastern edge of the settlement, the team uncovered signs of a dedicated industrial zone focused on tin bronze metallurgy, the key alloy that defined much of the Bronze Age.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2025

Before the war, Pokrovrsk was home to some 69,000 residents, with many of them employed in coal mining, metallurgy and machine-building.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2024

Hence historians often assume that knowledge of metallurgy reached sub-Saharan Africa from the north.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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