Crack-free alumina hard coatings through a sol-gel method

• Main Author: Chen, Ruixi
• Other Authors: Huang Yizhong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66989
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Alumina has been used as a coating material in industry for decades, due to its superior corrosion resistance and excellent wear resistance. Previous researches introduced different deposition methods for alumina coatings, including ion beam reactive sputtering [1], electron beam evaporation deposit...