How to Use metallurgy in a Sentence
metallurgy
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The Philosopher’s Stone The alchemists’ quest for gold wasn’t just about metallurgy, though.
— Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018 -
The alchemists’ quest for gold wasn’t just about metallurgy, though.
— Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2021 -
The basic principles, and the metallurgy, were proved to be fine.
— J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020 -
Advances in metallurgy sparked the demise of matriarchy in the first place, 5,000 years ago, leading to a growth of weaponry and war.
— Nora Krug, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019 -
Iron had already been used to some extent during the Bronze Age, but new metallurgy techniques propelled it to new heights.
— Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024 -
Knowing what makes a great blade involves a deep dive into the science of metallurgy, McManus said.
— Marni Jameson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020 -
Knowing what makes a great blade involves a deep dive into the science of metallurgy, said McManus.
— Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Dec. 2020 -
After just three days, any trace of the nail is gone; what's left is a solution called a lixiviant—a liquid used in metallurgy to leach pure ore from rock sources.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2021 -
That Inca metallurgy left little record in the ice cap could be attributed to the method for refining metals.
— Sarah Kollmorgen, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2016 -
But the discovery of the copper mask suggests that there is more than one place of origin for advanced metallurgy in South America.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 June 2017 -
But the discovery of the copper mask suggests that there is more than one place of origin for advanced metallurgy in South America.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 June 2017 -
By World War I, improvements in metallurgy solved the initial weight penalty.
— Walter J. Boyne and Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2021 -
This time Colt metallurgy and machining met the challenge.
— Mark Yost, WSJ, 14 May 2021 -
The levels of chemicals related to metallurgy in the ice core gradually rose and plateaued over the next few decades, until around 1830.
— Sarah Kollmorgen, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2016 -
Thomas was named director of metallurgy for the company in 2009.
— The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021 -
The investigation involved physics, metallurgy, and the crystalline strength of steel at work.
— Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2019 -
Boston Metal was founded a decade ago by two MIT professors and an alum with a doctorate in metallurgy.
— Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 -
As an inventor in electrochemistry and process metallurgy, Fromson held more than 100 U.S. and foreign patents in his field.
— Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 28 June 2021 -
Gans grew up in 16th-century Prague, then the center of innovation in mining and metallurgy.
— Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2019 -
The bottom end of the engine benefits from a balanced eight-counterweight crank with trick metallurgy to increase the bend-fatigue limit by 25 percent.
— Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 21 May 2020 -
Occupied from the third millennium B.C. until it was abandoned in the Iron Age, this early center of metallurgy left behind a baffling amount of things.
— Nicola Chilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2021 -
Katuruka is the oldest iron-smelting furnace in southern Africa, and was centuries ahead of European metallurgy in its time.
— Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2018 -
The new Air weighs a quarter of a pound less than the previous one, comes in new colors, and, thanks to Apple’s metallurgy team, is now made entirely of recycled aluminum, which Brooklyn loved and cheered over for a full 30 seconds.
— Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 31 Oct. 2018 -
The group also has metallurgy and land-systems divisions.
— Bloomberg.com, 17 Jan. 2018 -
Specifically, pipe thickness and metallurgy appeared to have been miscalculated, and, after those changes were made, the support structures for the pipes had to be changed.
— Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017 -
However, this option was ruled out as there was no other evidence of metallurgy.
— Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Turkey is sending up experiments in the fields of genetics and metallurgy.
— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Cobra partnered with a metallurgy company called Parmatech, which has been working with HP to hone its 3D-printing process.
— Popular Science, 1 Dec. 2020 -
Stainless Steel The composition of knives parallels the history of metallurgy: copper, bronze, iron, steel.
— Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2018 -
By the time the Transylvanian settlement emerged, people in the region had developed copper and gold metallurgy.
— Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021
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