Induction heating is used in many industrial processes, such as heat treatment in metallurgy, Czochralski crystal growth and zone refining used in the semiconductor industry, and to melt refractory metals which require very high temperatures.
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This article applied zone melting in two industrial processes : purification of a solvent material ( called zone refining ), and production of a uniform distribution of a solute in an ingot ( called zone leveling ).
