| 1. | Hot pressing is mainly used to fabricate hard and brittle materials.
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| 2. | Another common term is " Rapid Hot Pressing ( RHP ) ".
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| 3. | In direct hot pressing, the mold is directly connected to electrical power.
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| 4. | With direct hot pressing technology, materials can be sintered to their final density.
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| 5. | Of particular concern was whether they would use casting or hot pressing with the explosives.
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| 6. | Hot pressing provides higher density material.
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| 7. | To produce the first pits, hot pressing was used to optimally employ the scarce plutonium.
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| 8. | This avoids density variations in the final component, which occurs with more traditional hot pressing methods.
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| 9. | After hot pressing or cold pressing, sintering, and arc grinding, diamond segments are formed.
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| 10. | Possible fabrication methods include Czochralski and floating zone for single crystals and hot pressing and sintering for polycrystalline.
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