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noun- A study of the structure of any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

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  • So I woke up this morning all pumped up to blog about metallography.
  • Advantage has been taken of a reprinting to revise, extensively, the portions of the book relating to the modern science of metallography.
  • Which fact also surprises me, by the way, because the equipment and techniques of metallography are very accessible to amateurs, especially relative to other modern...
  • If you don't already know, metallography is a type of scientific microimaging that involves mirror-polishing metal surfaces and then etching them with various reagents...
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