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DLC Coatings?

Anyone know if Plasma assisted chemical vapour deposition Diamond-like Coatings can be done on external surfaces of Mild steel pipes?

Geoff Crowley
Crithwood Ltd.
Westfield, Scotland, UK

2007

I believe DLC has been used on the edges of razor blades, which are stainless steel, but the patents suggest there is a problem with getting the DLC to adhere to the stainless, so other metals are used as intermediate surfaces. It should be possible to put DLC onto mild steel but I believe the blade people use magnetron sputtering, not CVD; however, it should be possible with PVD if the correct metal surface is used.

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
2007

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