Metallurgy

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

Metallurgical techniques

Metallurgists study the microscopic mechanisms that cause a metal or alloy to behave in the way that it does, i.e. the changes that occur on the atomic level that affect the metal's (or alloy's) macroscopic properties. Examples of tools used for microscopic examination of metals are optical and electron microscopes and mass spectrometers.

Related Topics:
Alloy - Microscope - Mass spectrometer

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Metallurgists study crystallography, the effects of temperature and heat treatment on the component phases of alloys, such as the eutectic and the properties of those alloy phases.

Related Topics:
Crystallography - Alloy - Eutectic

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The macroscopic properties of metals are tested using machines and devices that measure tensile strength, compressive strength and hardness.

Related Topics:
Strength - Hardness

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