Abstract
A new coating process called polymer thermal spraying (PTS) was recently developed to accommodate the deposition of heat sensitive polymeric materials over a broad range of substrates. The novel process uses an electro-resistive element to heat the main process gas, which could be air, any pure gas, or gas mixture. This paper describes the process and presents three case studies in which it is used to produce blast mitigation coatings for civil structures, super-hydrophobic coatings for corrosion protection, and flame resistant polyimide syntactic foams for thermal insulation.
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2009
ASM International
Issue Section:
Thermal Spray and Other Surface Engineering Technologies
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