Learn how to successfully braze aluminum to steel using specialized fillers, pre-plating, and controlled atmospheres to overcome brittle intermetallics.
Learn how electron-beam deposition creates pure, high-quality thin films for optics and electronics. Understand the process, advantages, and limitations.
Explore the main drawbacks of thermal evaporation, including film contamination, low-density coatings, and material limitations for thin-film deposition.
Discover how e-beam evaporation deposits high-purity, high-performance coatings for aerospace, optics, and semiconductors. Ideal for high-melting-point materials.
Learn the key differences between sputtering and pulsed laser deposition (PLD) for thin film deposition, including scalability, stoichiometry, and film quality.
Learn how e-beam evaporation deposits ultra-pure, nanometer-thick films for semiconductors, optics & more. Explore its process, advantages, and applications.
Learn how sputter coaters use plasma in a vacuum to deposit ultra-thin, uniform films for SEM, electronics, and PVD coatings. Master the 4-stage process.
Hot pressing is used to create dense, high-strength ceramics, composites, and friction components. Learn how it enhances material properties and efficiency.
Learn why high-purity quartz tube reactors outperform metal reactors by providing a chemically inert environment for high-temperature catalyst testing.
Sputtering requires two distinct pressures: a high-vacuum base pressure for cleanliness and a 1-100 mTorr working pressure for plasma stability and film quality.
Learn the systematic process for cleaning a sputter coater, from preventative vacuum hygiene to physical chamber cleaning, ensuring high-quality thin film deposition.
Discover the benefits of lab-scale batch reactors for optimizing hydrothermal processes, including precise variable control and easy feedstock screening.