How to Use metallurgy in a Sentence

metallurgy

noun
  • The alchemists’ quest for gold wasn’t just about metallurgy, though.
    — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Down the hall from metallurgy is the X-Ray lab.
    — New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In the movie, those links include a quirky sense of humor, their love of metallurgy, and of course music.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The basic principles, and the metallurgy, were proved to be fine.
    — J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The engineering ideas were sound – the metallurgy wasn't there to support it at that time.
    — Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fus shouts at his dad, explaining how his metallurgy degree is worthless since there’s no work out there anyway.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • However, this option was ruled out as there was no other evidence of metallurgy.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Philosopher’s Stone The alchemists’ quest for gold wasn’t just about metallurgy, though.
    — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Knowing what makes a great blade involves a deep dive into the science of metallurgy, said McManus.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • The very precise craft of metallurgy that forms the foundation of a skilled sword maker’s work was explained primarily through the how.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The investigation involved physics, metallurgy, and the crystalline strength of steel at work.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2019
  • This carbon monoxide can then be used in many different industries, such as metallurgy and petrochemistry.
    — Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Turkey is sending up experiments in the fields of genetics and metallurgy.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Thomas was named director of metallurgy for the company in 2009.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021
  • This challenge is essential for metallurgy, high-pressure physics, and phase transition studies.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This inspires the mind to ponder what kind of environment eroded its clearcoat and chemically altered its metallurgy.
    — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Gans grew up in 16th-century Prague, then the center of innovation in mining and metallurgy.
    — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Made with proprietary powdered metallurgy steel, the blade is resistant to chipping and easier to resharpen than the lower-quality steel used in most budget knives.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In metallurgy, parts taken randomly from production as well as trade-in models can be tested for warranty approval and process quality assurance.
    — New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025

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