Metallurgy - Casting, Alloying, Refining

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Table of Contents

Introduction
History of metallurgy
- Earliest development
  - Bronze
  - Iron
  - Brass
  - Precious metals
- From 500 bce to 1500 ce
- After 1500
  - Ferrous metals
  - Light metals
  - Welding
  - Metallography
Extractive metallurgy
- Pyrometallurgy
  - Roasting
    - Processes
    - Roasters
  - Smelting
    - Reduction smelting
    - Matte smelting
    - Electrolytic smelting
  - Refining
    - Fire refining
    - Electrolytic refining
    - Chemical refining
- Hydrometallurgy
  - Conversion
  - Leaching
  - Recovery
Physical metallurgy
- Structures and properties of metals
  - Metallic crystal structures
  - Mechanical properties
  - Electrical properties
  - Magnetic properties
  - Chemical properties
- Alloying
  - Processes
  - Metallurgy
    - Increasing strength
    - Increasing corrosion resistance
    - Reducing costs
    - Lowering melting points
- Casting
  - Processes
    - Sand-casting
    - Metal molds
    - Investment casting
    - Centrifugal casting
    - Continuous casting
  - Metallurgy
    - Grain size
    - Segregation
    - Porosity
- Metalworking
  - Processes
    - Rolling
    - Extrusion
    - Drawing
    - Sheet metal forming
    - Forging
  - Metallurgy
- Powder metallurgy
  - Applications
  - Processes
- Heat treating
  - Hardening treatments
  - Softening treatments
  - Processes
- Surface treating
  - Corrosion resistance
    - Barrier protection
    - Galvanic protection
    - Other coating techniques
  - Hardening
    - Carburizing
    - Nitriding
    - Other methods
- Metallography and metal testing
  - Metallography
    - Optical microscopy
    - Electron microscopy
  - Testing mechanical properties

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Catalan hearth or forge used for smelting iron ore until relatively recent times. The method of charging fuel and ore and the approximate position of the nozzle supplied with air by a bellows are shown.

Schematic diagram of a fluidized-bed roaster.

A side-blown copper-nickel matte converter.

Part of a modern potline based on the electrolytic Hall-Héroult smelting process.

Heap leaching of gold ore. Earth movers preparing the heap (background) and the drainage ditches for pregnant liquor (foreground).

The commonest metallic crystal structures.

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