hardcoat
nounEtymology From hard + coat.
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A coating that provides a hard, protective layer.
- Another transparent material for passivation is silicon nitride, Si₃N₄, that also acts as hardcoat.2012, Michael Quinten, A Practical Guide to Optical Metrology for Thin Films:
- Such brute-force tactics generally fail for hardcoats on flexible substrates and there seems to be no correlation between scratch resistance and modulus once a certain minimum modulus (~1 GPa) has been reached.2013, Steven Abbott, Nigel Holmes, Nanocoatings: Principles and Practice: From Research to Production, page 255:
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- Super Thin Glass: SAIC of McLean, Virginia, and NREL have been developing a front surface mirror concept with a hardcoat protective layer. The material uses an ion-beam-assisted deposition (IBAD) process to deposit the very hard (cleanable), dense (protective) alumina topcoat.2017, Yogi Goswami, Advances in Solar Energy, volume 16:
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