`I've looked at aluminum deposition, but it doesn't seem as easy to do.´
Seems that oxide formation is the real hurdle. Vapor deposition is really easy
to do though. I have made vapor deposited aluminum mirrors, but am unsure
about crystal structure for structural applications. Probably fairly fine
grained, could benefit from annealing. Then again, diamond film deposition is
not out of the realm of possibility- better thermal conductivity and higher
strength to weight than aluminum. Downside is that it is a very slow process
and mandrel-substrate design could be interesting. On Tuesday, August 13,
2019, 8:39:12 PM CDT, Ed LeBouthillier <codemonky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 01:08 +0000, Ray Rocket wrote:
Hi Ed,
How are you doing?
Any progress on your elecroforming work?
Earlier today, I was thinking of your electrdeposition experiments
and started looking for information on aluminum deposition.
Not sure if you've seen this lab video showing aluminum
electrodeposition onto a copper substrate using an organic
electrolyte at room temperature under an argon atmosphere. Improve
mass fraction over more common elecroformed materials could make it
worth the hassle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zthIsrOdvSE
