Plasma electrolytic oxidation and anodising of aluminium alloys for spacecraft applications

Surface Engineering of Light Alloys: Aluminium, Magnesium and Titanium Alloys

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 603-641

  Shrestha, S ^a   Dunn, B D ^b  

^a KERONITE INTERNATIONAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anodising; Cold welding; Fretting and impact wear; Plasma electrolytic oxidation; Thermo optical properties

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLD WELDING; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROLYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

ANODISING; APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE; IMPACT WEAR; PLASMA ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION; SPACECRAFT APPLICATION; THERMO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84902894494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845699451.3.603     Document Type: Chapter

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