Selective Absorber Obtained by Nickel-Pigmented Anodized 6060 Aluminium Surface

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 751-757

  Belghith, M ^a   Arurault, L ^b   Bes, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anodized thin film; Nickel pigmented aluminium; Optical properties; Selective coating; Solar absorber surface; Thermal solar collectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875033256     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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