What is [[Metallurgy]]. ![[Metallurgy]] Today metallurgy is concerned with modification of metals and alloys for really specific use cases. For example if you add nickel to iron you will get temperature-expansion resistant metal that is used in jet engines. Another example is [[Zirconium]] which has a small neutron cross-section, which is used in between nuclear fuel and water, it doesn't absorb the nuclear radiation as much. [[Zirconium]] is usually found with halfnium which has a huge neutron cross-section, also used in nuclear energy. [[Magnesium]] 100% comes from seawater There are [[ferrous alloys]] and [[non-ferrous alloys]] [[Cause and effect in metallurgy]]