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Extraction and Processing Industry
Medical Definition: | The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the Earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products. |
Guide Notes: | indust removal of raw materials from the earth & conversion into refined products |
Metallurgy - The science, art, or technology dealing with processes involved in the separation of metals from their ores, the technique of making or compounding the alloys, the techniques of working or heat-treating metals, and the mining of metals. It includes industrial metallurgy as well as metallurgical techniques employed in the preparation and working of metals used in dentistry, with special reference to orthodontic and prosthodontic appliances. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p494) | |
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