Which statement best defines metallurgy?(1 point) Responses the science and technology of metals, including its properties, extraction, and uses the science and technology of metals, including its properties, extraction, and uses a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, designed to improve the quality of the compound a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, designed to improve the quality of the compound the protection of the environment, workers, and local communities during the process of metal extraction and use the protection of the environment, workers, and local communities during the process of metal extraction and use a blast of hot compressed air introduced into a smelting furnace to create industrial metals
