It is concluded that for coating applications in medical devices, microcratch and nanoscratch are useful and quantitative approaches for examining coating-to-substrate adhesions.
New collaborative research carried out by Freeman Technology, Tewkesbury, UK, and Gericke AG, Zurich, Switzerland, demonstrates how to achieve faster, more reliable equipment selection in the powder processing industries.
Exova, a provider of testing, calibration and advisory services, has appointed engineering business management specialist Campbell Ure as the General Manager of the company’s Edinburgh and Aberdeen laboratories.
An in-depth study was undertaken to correlate chromate conversion coating process variables to coating weights obtained on aluminum braze sheet coupons.
Suitable for use in the laboratory or the field, the self-aligning P.A.T.T.I. MICRO quantitatively measures the adhesion strength of numerous coatings.
A jury of three independent experts and The Analytical Scientist editorial team chose the Raman Imaging and Scanning Electron (RISE) Microscope from the German microscope manufacturer WITec as the second 2014 TASIA winner.
