RI 3547 Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division - 42. Annual Report Of The Metallurgical Division, Fiscal Year 1940 ? Functions Of The Metallurgical Division (38577f2c-a5de-4a72-b1a1-34a2b22fe937)

[In E;encralt the I~8:al:ul',~,C,-J. Div:'sion conducts in\'8stigations relat-ing to the treatment of OrGR o.nd L!\3tallurl..'"lcal prod tctR froJ] t~e condi tion in :hich they are Itinod to t!1e refi!l(,u r.etal, . ' th 'the ob,icct of conserving natmal' resources .e..nd 81:mir..3.tin~ wacte by furn.i:::hir..g :nforInf'_tiou on current methods of metal11:.rgical practice, Tfu'..:.kir..g fund T!l;ntal .;;.otudie'" of metal-lurgical processe~, and de~eloping ~e~ proc6sses O~Q lloys to the point of dewonctrati:r:g the:'..r practicab'lity or va.lue}