Vacuum Hot-Pressing Apparatus and Techniques

Abstract

This report describes the construction and operation of a vacuum hot- pressing apparatus and details of a technique for hot-forging pure and doped alkali halide single crystals to produce high-strength IR windows without degrading optical absorption.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 1975
Accession Number
ADA021893

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Adamski
  • Normantas Klausutis

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Crystals
  • Gages
  • Grain Size
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Heat Energy
  • Hot Pressing
  • Hydraulic Equipment
  • Infrared Lasers
  • Materials
  • Power Supplies
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Single Crystals
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Metallurgy