Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue: 1and2

Vacuum based coatings for engineering applications

  • Author:
  • V Vasudeva Rao1, V Ravindra2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 71 to 76

1Cryogenic Engineering Centre, IIT, Kharagpur

2School of Energy Science & Engineering Centre, IIT, Kharagpur

*Correspondence Authour E-mail - vvrao@cryo.iitkgp.ac.in

Online published on 16 December, 2020.

Abstract

In the present modern age, vacuum based coatings are employed in every field of technology to reduce size and improve performance. The present paper briefly describes the physical concepts involved in vacuum coating for different applications along with technical details of necessary vacuum equipment.

Keywords

Vacuum, PVD, CVD, Sputtering, Coating applications