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Metallizing is the general name for the technique of coating metal on the surface of objects. Metallic coatings may be decorative, protective or functional. Metallic coatings may be decorative, protective or functional.
Metallizing (also metalize) to coat, treat, or combine with a metal. Thermal spraying melted (or heated) materials are sprayed onto a surface. Vacuum deposition is a family of processes used to deposit layers as thin as one atom to millimeters thick in a vacuum. Vacuum metallizing the metallic coating of an object takes place in a vacuum chamber.
André Felibien also briefly mentions some techniques for patination of bronze sculptures in his work Principes in 1699. [9] The beginning of modern science-based chemical or electrochemical coloring of metals is marked by Leopoldo Nobili's (1784–1835) discovery of Nobilis colored rings in 1826. [10]
Metallised films have a reflective silvery surface similar to aluminium foil and are highly flammable. The coating also reduces the permeability of the film to light, water and oxygen.
Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderability, to harden, to improve wearability, to reduce friction, to improve paint adhesion, to alter conductivity, to improve IR reflectivity, for ...
Aluminising vacuum chamber at Mont Mégantic Observatory used for re-coating telescope mirrors. [1]Vacuum deposition is a group of processes used to deposit layers of material atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule on a solid surface.
Silvering aims to produce a non-crystalline coating of amorphous metal (metallic glass), with no visible artifacts from grain boundaries. The most common methods in current use are electroplating, chemical "wet process" deposition, and vacuum deposition.
Alonizing is a diffusion metallizing process in that it is a thermochemical treatment that involves enriching the surface layer of an object with one or more metallic elements. [1] Specifically, alonizing is the diffusion of aluminum into the surface of a base metal through high temperature vapors. [2]