A domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures (alloys).
In metallurgy, a well-labeled diagram is often worth 70% of the marks. Practice the Iron-Carbon diagram until you can draw it from memory. A domain of materials science and engineering that
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