Side-by-side comparison of erosion-resistant coatings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3060, Issue , 1997, Pages 17-29

  Harris, Daniel C ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron phosphide; Coatings; Erosion; Erosion resistant coatings; Gallium phosphide; Infrared emittance; Magnesium fluoride; Rain erosion; Sand erosion; Silicon; Zinc sulfide

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN;

EROSIN RESISTANT COATINGS;

PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 0031288994     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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