Abstract: Equipment for the preparation of electric conducting composite samples by infiltration in a mold characterized in that it essentially comprises:
a pressurization/infiltration chamber having at least one opening to connect it by means of appropriate tubes with a vacuum line and a pressure line and devices for sealing both under vacuum and under pressure;
a sample-holder, inside said chamber, made of a material with a high thermal conductivity with one or more seats in each of which a mold is housed consisting of:
a chemically inert and thermally stable tube made of a non-porous material;
a plug, situated at one end of the tube, of a material which is different from the tube;
a chemically inert and thermally stable spacer of non-porous material, situated inside the tube in contact with the plug;
a device for creating a vacuum in the chamber;
a device for pressurizing the chamber;
a device for the thermal treatment of the sample-holder.