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metallurgy

domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metals
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Summary

metallurgy is a branch of science[1]. metallurgy ranks in the top 8% of branch of science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,977 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: materials science[3]
  • Commons category: Metallurgy[4]
  • Industry: metal industry[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metallurgy[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], The American Cyclopædia[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[13]
  • Partially coincident with: Hutnictwo[14]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/tags/metallurgy[15]
  • Different from: Metalurgia (przedsiębiorstwo)[16]
  • Studied by: Weld metallurgy[17]
  • Practiced by: metallurgist[18], metallurgical engineer[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[20], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

metallurgy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] metallurgy is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 130
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv, fur */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 58.41
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Basisklassifikation: 58.41, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/59770236|Hüttenwesen (#59770236)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1786|Basisklassifikation]] #"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Tom Morello
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297552, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → metallurgy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: metallurgy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948590|metallurgy (#289948590)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001636-metalurgie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001636-metalurgie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  6. 20w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → metallurgy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: metallurgy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144662985|metallurgy (#144662985)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Director"
  7. 22w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → metallurgist, metallurgical engineer
    Subclass of → materials science
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Partially coincident with → Hutnictwo
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 152236"
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