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Metallization of Porous Polyethylene Using a Wire-Arc Spray Process for Heat Transfer Applications
Metallization of polyethylene (PE) using thermal spray techniques has proved difficult due to its low melting point and softness. In this study, metallic coatings were applied on porous polyethylene substrates...
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Open AccessBeyond Traditional Coatings: A Review on Thermal-Sprayed Functional and Smart Coatings
Thermal spraying has been present for over a century, being greatly refined and optimized during this time. It has become nowadays a reliable and cost-efficient method to deposit thick coatings with a wide var...
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A Review of Thermal Spray Metallization of Polymer-Based Structures
A literature review on the thermal spray deposition of metals onto polymer-based structures is presented. The deposition of metals onto polymer-based structures has been developed to enhance the thermal and el...
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Deposition of Electrically Conductive Coatings on Castable Polyurethane Elastomers by the Flame Spraying Process
Deposition of metallic coatings on elastomeric polymers is a challenging task due to the heat sensitivity and soft nature of these materials and the high temperatures in thermal spraying processes. In this stu...
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Resistance of Nanostructured Environmental Barrier Coatings to the Movement of Molten Salts
Corrosion of components in a recovery boiler is a major problem faced by the pulp and paper industry. The superheater tubes become severely corroded due to the presence of sulfidic gases in the boiler and molt...
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Bactericidal Performance of Flame-Sprayed Nanostructured Titania-Copper Composite Coatings
A large concern surrounding stainless steel surfaces is the ability of bacteria to grow and attach to them quite easily. One possible solution to destroy these pathogens is to coat surfaces with a biocidal age...
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Bactericidal Effects of HVOF-Sprayed Nanostructured TiO2 on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been shown to exhibit photocatalytic bactericidal activity. This preliminary study focused on examining the photocatalytic activity of high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) sprayed nanostructu...
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New experimental method for the determination of single-component isotherms: an application of the flow-rate retention time
In this paper, we investigate adsorption of a single component (refrigerant) from the variation in the flow rate leaving the column. This requires evaluation of the flow-rate retention time—a measure of the ne...
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Numerical Simulation of Droplet Impact on Patterned Surfaces
This work presents numerical simulation results for molten nickel and zirconia (YZS) droplets impacting on different microscale-patterned surfaces of silicon. The numerical simulation clearly showed the effect...
