An ingot is a block of solid metal.
Brick will usually be stronger in compression, but metals will usually be stronger in tension.
Brick and Rubble
The Thing Made Of Stones Are Called Bricks
Yes, because a great deal of the damage caused by a tornado isn't done by the wind itself but debris, chunks of wood and metal could easily destroy a brick wall.
Metal plating.
Density.
Although they usually traces of metals--like iron--in the clay they're made fro brick are not made of metal. However as bricks are not composed of any single element but of compounds, they cannot properly be called nonmetals.
just that a brick
Brick will usually be stronger in compression, but metals will usually be stronger in tension.
An Adobe Brick
For the same reason most things are called what they are. At some point someone said "this is a brick" and the name stuck.
brick,and a metal
Stone, brick, concrete and metal.
A brick kiln.
Wood, brick, concrete, insulation, metal...
This depends entirely on the ductility of the metal. A brick of 24 carat gold could be flattened to a ribbon that is miles long. Cast iron can't be flattened at all.
A Brick Tie is a corrigated piece of metal that nails to the outside of the frame wall and goes into the mortar joints of the brick or other masonary material. They hold the brick to the wall so they do not lean out as you work up.