Ingot vs. Spelter — What's the Difference?

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.

Spelter is a zinc–lead alloy that ages to resemble bronze, but is softer and has a lower melting point. The name can also refer to a copper–zinc alloy (a brass) used for brazing, or to pure zinc.

A mass of metal, such as a bar or block, that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.

Zinc, especially in the form of ingots, slabs, or plates.

A casting mold for metal.

(uncountable) zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.

(transitive) To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

(countable) An objet d'art made from zinc.

That in which metal is cast; a mold.

To combine copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.

A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

Zinc; - especially so called in commerce and arts.

A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling