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This lecture covers the properties, extraction, and applications of metals and alloys, including their abundance in the Earth's crust, energy requirements for production, recycling rates, and the Ellingham diagram for oxide formation. It also discusses the historical evolution of metal extraction techniques, such as the Bronze Age smelting process and the modern pyrometallurgical extraction of copper.