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Glow Discharge - A Modern Concept for Coatings Analysis

By Charles Maul
The following article first appeared in the 2001 edition of Millennium Steel and has been reprinted with permission. 

Multipurpose Techniques for the Control of Coatings
A reliable method of quality control is a must for industries working with surface coated or treated materials. This article (reprinted with permission from Asia Steel 1998) explores the Discharge-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy technique for production control and research investigations. GD-AES is compared to XPS, FTIR, and chemical methods of analysis.