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Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
6-1-1961
Abstract
The purpose of this study undertaken was threefold, (1) to design and construct an experimental vacuum apparatus to produce a metal impregnated or coated material; (2) to study some of the variables which affect the process; then (3) to examine the physical characteristics of the resultant materials. Described herein is the development and operation of a vacuum system capable of producing conditions to permit the evaporation of metals to impregnate and coat various materials. The fundamental principle involved in this process is that a rarified atmosphere reduces the temperature required for metal evaporation and protects the metal vapor from reacting with the contaminants as it is transferred to and deposited on a receiving material.
Document Type
Thesis
Language
English
Degree Name
Chemical Engineering
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Chemical and Biological Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
Thomas T. Castonguay
Second Committee Member
Philip Edmund Bocquet
Third Committee Member
Richard K. Traeger
Recommended Citation
Southard, Engle D.. "An Experimental Study of the Production of Metallic Impregnations and Coatings -- a Vacuum Process." (1961). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cbe_etds/69