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Everyday Metallurgy is an archived column series that looks at thermal processing and metals in everyday life.

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Gunmaking: Forging the Barrel

September 9, 2014
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Let's take a look at the history and art of forging a gun barrel.


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Bearing Balls, Not Ball Bearings

Thermal Processing & Metals in Everyday Life
August 11, 2014
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Often, when bearings are discussed, people call them ball bearings. In truth, there are several other types of bearings that don’t even use balls. 


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The Kitchen Sink Too

Thermal Processing & Metals in Everyday Life
July 16, 2014
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While considering the next Now You Know topic, it seemed like we had already covered “everything but the kitchen sink.” So, naturally, the kitchen sink was the obvious choice for this month.


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Aluminum Makes One Sweet Guitar

Thermal Processing & Metals in Everyday Life
July 1, 2014
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In recent days, aluminum seems to be getting a lot of play. Aluminum is attractive and lightweight, and as nature’s most abundant metal, it is plentiful, easy to work with and readily recyclable. These features make aluminum attractive for a variety of consumer products.


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Glass Drives the Information Superhighway

May 7, 2014
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Thermal processing has played a key role in making Industrial Heating’s home city of Pittsburgh great. I know you’re thinking of steel, and you would certainly be right. 


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Radio Telescopes Hear the Universe

Thermal Processing & Metals in Everyday Life
April 7, 2014
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You never know where you’re going to run into thermal processing, as a summer trip to the Green Bank, W. Va., National Radio As-tronomy Observatory (NRAO) illustrated. 


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Bridges on the Move

March 10, 2014
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Many of you are probably unaware of the number of different types of bridges. Just the basic list includes beam bridges, cantilever, arch, truss, suspension, cable-stayed, movable, floating and combination bridges. Within these basic categories there are a number of subcategories as well. Movable bridges, for instance, include the bascule (drawbridge), vertical lift and the swing bridge to name just the most common.


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Solar Power is Hot

February 7, 2014
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With today’s cost of energy, it’s no wonder there is a renewed interest in generating electricity by means of the sun’s energy. This is not a new concept. The development of solar energy goes back more than 100 years. 


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More than 10% of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were metalworkers of the day
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18th Century American Metalworkers Declare Independence

January 8, 2014
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When July comes to mind, it’s natural to think independence. When you think independence, it’s natural to think of the Declaration, which was adopted on July 4, 1776. But when you think of the Declaration, is it natural to think that more than 10% of its signers were metalworkers of the day


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Life-Saving Underground Mission

December 11, 2013
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While the February 2008 Now You Know discussed tunnel boring, it seemed appropriate to look at deep drilling in light of the recent Chilean miner rescue. It is especially appropriate because without thermal processing, the rescue would have taken much longer or might not have been possible at all.


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