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Copper on Quartz

I need a vendor to apply copper (.05 to 1 mil thick) to specific area of quartz cylinders. The quartz cylinders are 1/4 in diameter, 20 to 30 inches long. Application would be to the outside diameter and uniformity is not an issue. Quantity: 500/year.

Joe Murphy
Palo Alto, California
1999

Joe, Quartz is often metallized using PVD processing. Generally a very thin "glue layer" of Ti or Cr is deposited then the copper is deposited. There are a number of contract Metallizers in California. Refer to www.svc.org/Product and Services/metallizers for a list of suppliers. Don Mattox

Donald M. Mattox
Society of Vacuum Coaters
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Donald is the author of:
"Handbook of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processing" (2010) [on AbeBooks or eBay or Amazon affil links]
and "The Foundations of Vacuum Coating Technology" (2018) on AbeBooks or eBay or Amazon affil links]

1999

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