INGOT

An 'Ingot' is a mass of material cast into a shape which is easy to handle.

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Types of ingots

Metal

Historical ingots

Cultural references

See also

Types of ingots

Metal

Metal heated past its melting point and molded into a bar or block. Additionally, the molds from which metal objects are cast may be called ingots. After the ingots are created they are sold in that form mainly to industries to be melted into another form.
===Semiconducting Material===
In the semiconductor industry single crystal ingots (often called boules) of semiconductor materials can be ''grown'' by methods such as the Czochralski process or Bridgeman technique. These are then cut up and polished to provide wafers on which semiconductor devices, ranging from microprocessors to light-emitting diodes can be fabricated. Single crystal ingots can be created with single dendrite formation. Such is done for single crystal turbine blades.

Historical ingots

Cultural references

★ The Chinese New Year food Jau gok was made to symbolize the ingot.

★ The eighth letter in the Ogham alphabet is Tinne meaning "ingot".

See also

★ Gold bar

★ Ductile iron

★ Gray iron

★ Tin ingot