Sputter coating of microspherical substrates by levitation

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PATENT NO 4302311
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06095681

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Microspheres are substantially uniformly coated with metals or nonmetals by simultaneously levitating them and sputter coating them at total chamber pressures less than 1 torr. A collimated hole structure 12 comprising a parallel array of upwardly projecting individual gas outlets 16 is machined out to form a dimple 11. Glass microballoons, which are particularly useful in laser fusion applications, can be substantially uniformly coated using the coating method and apparatus.

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  • ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

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Hosford, Charles D Los Alamos, NM 1 17
Lowe, Arthur T Tempe, AZ 2 33

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