Category: Lab Process | Difficulty: Intermediate | Priority: Core | Subcategory: Lab Workflow
The heat-treatment step in which a wax pattern is melted and vaporized from the investment mold, leaving a cavity for the casting metal or pressable ceramic.
The step where wax is melted out of the mold in a furnace, creating a space to fill with metal or ceramic.
[[investing; heat pressing; lost-wax technique; casting]]
Temperature and rate must be controlled to prevent mold fracture.
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