processed material entity heating block Daniel Schober MO An instrument used to heat and/or maintain material at a set temperature. James Malone A heating block is an instrument or part of an instrument which raises or maintains the temperature of a sample to a defined constant temperature during certain parts of an assay heating_block A heating block is an instrument or part of an instrument which raises or maintains the temperature of a sample to a defined constant temperature during certain parts of an assay MO:663 heating block http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0002017 instrument ready for release