Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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, aq.. xfff the rehning of these metals, the manufacture of alloys, and then metals and alloys into useful shapes for human utilization. The metallurgical engineering student at Missouri School a thorough training in both Process Metallurgy and Physical necessary theory is substantiated with practical work in the adequate equipment is available to give the student an sufhcient technique and be immediately useful upon entering sion. Further, the laboratories are well equipped for original research in pyro- metallurgy, hydro-metallurgy, or electro-metallurgy in the process metallurgical Held, and- for work in the various thermal, physical, and chemical tests as well as the study of structures, both microscopic and macroscopic in the physical metallurgical field. During the past ten years, considerable progress has been made in both ore dressing and metallurgyg the use of the microscope, the spectrograph, X-rays, permeameters, magnetometers, sonic testing, and even Gamma-rays, are now em- ployed to further man's knowledge of ores, metals, and alloys. The increased demand placed on the industry by the National Emergency is being met, and the Metallurgical Engineer stands out as one of the key-men in National Defense.

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IN MAN's STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE in his environment, he has established two fundamental industries upon which all human activities and efforts are based. These arez' first, exploitation of living plants and animals for food, clothing, and shelterg and, second, the Mineral Industry. Ore dressing and Metallurgy are branches of the mineral industry. The hrst deals with the crushing, grinding, concentration, and, in general, the beneficiation of the ores that are taken from the earth's crust, preparing them for subsequent treatment by metallurgical processes. The second, Metallurgy, may be defined as that branch of engineering that concerns the extraction of metals from ores and various types of concentrates, m ---.,

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CHEMICAL E GI EERI G THE ROLE or THE CHEMIICAL ENGINEER in our industrial world is to translate chemical Qlaboratoryj processes into prohtable manufacturing operations. These usually involve the co-ordination of chemical reactions as well as unit physical operations. U The vast research program in the United States bears a unique relationship to industry, often producing such revolutionary changes which may disrupt old and established industries and create new ones. The synthesis of a new product may also exert a stabilizing inlluence on the world's market, making it possible to break monopolistic control. This type ol progress, due to research, is common in our daily lives. The production of nylon from coal, air and limestone, the recovery of bromine from sea watery the synthetic production of rubber, toluene