Tantalum protective thin coating techniques for the chemical process industry: Molten salts electrocoating as a new alternative

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 365-381

  Cardarelli, François ^a   Taxil, Pierre ^a   Savall, André ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATING TECHNIQUES; COATINGS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; TANTALUM;

MOLTEN SALT ELECTRODEPOSITION; STRONG ACIDIC MEDIA;

CORROSION PROTECTION;

EID: 0030408823     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-4368(96)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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