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While powder coatings may be cost- the cathode as the gas ions collide with Fusion bonding Table 1: Typical list of metal coatings on steel(10). Present trends are related to
effi cient in the long-term, the initial the cathode. These atoms are attracted Coatings of low melting metals such Process Coating DFT [Mils] Use/Limitation advanced phosphorus-free surface pre-
start-up costs can be signifi cant. The to the anode and coat the substrate. This as tin, lead, zinc, and aluminium may Aluminizing Aluminium 1-6 Factory Process treatment, the development of silanes,
coating process requires special spray method can be used for non-conducting be applied by cementing the metal as Cathode sputtering Metals Ceramics 4 Special Applications and nanoparticles in coating systems.
booths, ovens and spraying equipment. as well as conducting materials. The a powder on the substrate then heating Diffusion coatings Metals Silicates 0.01-30 Special Applications Smart coatings, which can sense the pH
This can also limit the size of objects major disadvantages are the heating of the substrate to a temperature above the Electroplating Aluminium 0.25 Wire, Sheet. Small of corrosive species and release anti-cor-
that can be coated. It is also diffi cult, or the substrate and low deposition rates. melting point of the coating metal. Cadmium 0.15-0.5 Parts rosive chemicals just in time to counter
even impossible, to achieve thin coating Some of the most commonly used metals Chromium 0.005-20 the attack, are also being developed.
layers. Furthermore, the fi nished surface deposited by sputtering are aluminium, Explosion bonding Copper 0.01-30
is not the smoothest when compared copper, chromium, gold, molybdenum, This method produces a bond bet- Brass 0.07-0.1 It is essential to understand the
to other coating methods. Projects that nickel, platinum, silver, tantalum, titanium, ween two metals by the exertion of a Gold 0.03-0.8 advantages and disadvantages of each
require a coating thickness of less than tungsten, vanadium, and zirconium. strong force that compresses the two Silver 0.1-1.0 coating type to select the one most suited
six mils should rely on another coating metals suffi ciently to develop a strong Iron >125 for a particular application.
process(8). Diffusion coating interfacial interaction(1, 9). Lead 0.25-50
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