4. Blown plasma spraying
4.1 Plasma
Plasma is considered the 4th state of matter.
It's an ionized gas made up of molecules, atoms, ions and electrons, all of which are electrically neutral. An Ar /H 2 plasma will thus be made up of the following species: Ar, H, H + , Ar + , e ...
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Blown plasma spraying
Spray materials
Economic data
In 1995, the annual market for thermal spray consumables (wires, powders) was worth 130 million francs. Figure 1 gives a breakdown by sector of activity.
Bibliography
General works
Manufacturers, suppliers
Alloying Metallizing Welding Reloading AMSR
AREGA
CHPO Deloro
Castolin France
L'Air Liquide
Société Nouvelle de Métallisation. SNMI Industries
Sulzer Metco
Tecphy
Plasma projection System 2PS
Organizations, universities, schools
Syndicat national des entreprises d'applications de revêtements et traitements de surface SATS
ETSC Association (Euro Thermal Spray Coating)
French Atomic Energy Commission CEA
Center d'études et de recherches des matériaux CEREM
CRITT (Materials - deposits and surface treatments)
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