Studies on ultra high solar absorber black electroless nickel coatings on aluminum alloys for space application

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 855-862

  Saxena, Vishal ^a   Rani, R Uma ^a   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Black electroless nickel; Blackening; Electroless nickel; High solar absorber coating

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROHARDNESS; NICKEL PLATING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BLACKENING; ELECTROLESS NICKEL; HIGH SOLAR ABSORBER COATING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROHARDNESS; NICKEL PLATING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 33748427475     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2005.12.050     Document Type: Article

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