Graphite foil spacers

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Term: Graphite foil spacers
Definition:

circular pieces of graphite foil placed between powder and graphite die plungers when hot pressing a sample
Examples:

Samples were hot pressed in a house built induction hot press lined with graphite foil and graphite foil spacers were placed between the die plungers and powder.

Created 2022.09.19
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by Vanessa Meschke
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Note: this definition might be specific to one application. General definition could be: "circular pieces of graphite foil used to separate material, for example - to separate media from plungers of press die to prevent media from adhering to the plungers". - Claire Porter 2022.09.19
Different thickness of graphite can be used for different applications as well - Rachel Orenstein 2022.09.19