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Coating a Sphere With Evaporated MetalIn vacuum coating apparatus, metal evaporated onto sphere from small source located some distance away. Sphere held in path of metal vapor while rotated about axis that rocks back and forth. One tilting motion particularly easy to produce is sinusoidal rocking with frequency much lower than rotational frequency. Apparatus developed for coating single-crystal sapphire spheres with niobium.
Document ID
19850000404
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Strayer, D. M.
(Caltech)
Jackson, H. W.
(Caltech)
Gatewood, J. R.
(Caltech)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Fabrication Technology
Report/Patent Number
NPO-16436
Accession Number
85B10404
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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