Metallurgy

Metals are found in solid inorganic compounds known as minerals

75 % on the elements are metals (25 % of earths crust)

Iron Age 3500 BC 

  3500 BC To Material Science

Metallurgy: Physical and  chemical behaviour of metallic elements 

Metallurgy:

 Extraction of metal from ore

Refining of crude metal

Production of alloys

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Extraction of Copper and Lead

Powder Metallurgy

Metallurgy To Metallic Alloys

Metallic Alloys: Application On Medical Devices

Lapeyode and Sicre: Metal wires used to repair a fracture (1775)

Von Lagenbeck: Metal Nai into a fracture hip (1840)

Lane: Bone plates made from Vanadium Steel (1905)

Titanium was first used in bone surgery in (1950)

Newer Metals: Nickel Titanium Alloys

Biocompatibility: Best Tolerated Is Titanium

Eg: Titanium Alloys

Metallurgy Of Titanium 

Extraction Of Titanium

Commonly Used Orthopaedic Titanium Alloy: Titanium 64

Metallic Alloys: Application On Medical Devices

Snapshot: Metallurgy