Black permanganate conversion coatings on aluminium alloys for thermal control of spacecraft

Surface Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-203

  Rani, R Uma ^a   Sharma, A K ^a   Mayanna, S M ^b   Bhojraj, H ^a   Bhandari, D R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Black permanganate coating; Chemical conversion coating; Electrochemical reaction; Solar selective coating; Thermal control surface; Thermoanalytical and environmental stability

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELECTROLYTES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL CYCLING;

BLACK PERMANGANATE COATING; CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION; SOLAR SELECTIVE COATING; THERMAL CONTROL SURFACE; THERMOANALYTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 24144477899     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329405X50019     Document Type: Article

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