Ingot
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An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products. In
Aluminium ingot after ejection from mold
Gold ingots of 99.99% purity
Pouring molten gold into a mold at the La Luz Gold Mine in Siuna, Nicaragua, about 1959.
Pouring ingots at a steel mill
Pig iron
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Pig iron is an intermediate good used by the iron industry in the production of steel. It is developed by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%,
Ingot
…sycee, a form of silver or gold ingot used as currency under the empire. Lead ingots from Roman Britain on display at the Wells and Mendip Museum. Pig iron ingot from Norrhyttan, Dalarna, Sweden. Plano-convex ingots are widely distributed archaeological artifacts which are studied to provide information…
Pig iron used to manufacture ductile iron
Casting pig iron at the Iroquois smelter in Chicago between 1890 and 1901
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