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Methods whose primary historical significance is processing or forming a material itself: heat treatment, surface finishing and additive processes that change a material's structure or build it up layer by layer. Belongs here: annealing and sintering as heat-based structural treatments, electroplating as a surface-finishing process, smelting as ore-to-metal extraction, and additive manufacturing as a layer-built forming method. Does not belong here: shaping methods that work a metal into a final mechanical form, grouped under Mechanical Engineering, or coating methods specific to corrosion protection of a finished metal part, grouped under Metallurgical Engineering.
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