Expense is always the barrier to greater use of platinum group metals in any area in the glass industry. Johnson Matthey have addressed this by developing an advanced coating technology which places a thin layer of corrosion resistant platinum on a ceramic. Unlike cladding, plating or sputtering the metals are bonded directly onto the ceramic providing notable practical advantages.
Origin
Unknown
Journal Title
Glass Technology 36 2 1995 34-35
Sector
Refractories
Class
R 156