Nanocoatings boost
industrial
energy efficiency
Ames Laboratory scientist Bruce Cook is leading an effort to develop nano-scale coatings for pump rotors and industrial cutting tools to dramatically boost energy efficiency and extend component life.
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A photograph of an AlMgB14 coating on a steel substrate. The substrate is the mottled structure on the left-hand side of the photo and the coating is the thin, darker strip running along the edge of the steel. (The blemishes on the steel are carbide inclusions) The coating has a thickness of approximately 2 to 3 microns (about one ten thousandths of an inch).
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