Re: Black Chrome

From: Phil Hobbs (pcdh_at_SpamMeSenseless.us.ibm.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:04:20 -0500

Gregory L. Hansen wrote:

>Google has a new tool for the propellor-head frustrated by trying to sift
>actual information from movie reviews, song lyrics, role-playing games,
>and Usenet discussions.
>
>scholar.google.com
>"black chrome" sputter
>
>Four hits (out of 12) look useful. Especially the fifth, "What is black
>chrome."
>
>If only they could put entire article on-line, instead of just abstracts.
>
>
>
Thanks, I looked there before posting--and it did improve the rotation
rate of my beanie-copter. Lots of stuff on analyzing black chrome, but
zilch on how to deposit it--other than "proprietary process" and
"evaporating Cr in oxygen". I'm hoping for some leads on what
background pressure to use, and so forth. I can probably figure it out
eventually, but time on the coater is a bit scarce right now, and I'm
not really a thin-film guy.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs