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Lynntech, Inc has successfully researched and demonstrated a unique method for the manufacture of quasicrystalline (QC) coatings that utilizes the process of electrocodeposition. The purpose of this study was to optimize the physical-mechanical properties of the QC coatings. All metal substrates were aluminum alloy Al-3004 and codeposition was performed using Al 65 Cu 23 Fe 12 QC powders in nickel plating solutions. X-ray diffraction spectroscopy was performed in order to verify the attachment of quasicrystals to the aluminum alloy substrate and coated samples displayed identical spectra to those of raw QC powders. The average contact angle θ was 117.2° for electrocodeposited QC coatings. Friction was monitored during pin-ondisk wear tests and QC coated samples had coefficients of friction as low as 0.01 and an average value of 0.05 with samples showing no visible wear scar. Lynntech's electrocodeposited quasicrystalline coatings withstand high temperatures and exhibit low wear and friction characteristics with a low surface energy making them ideal for cookware, as well as various other applications such as bearings, landing gear and engine parts, where thermal and mechanical conditions are prime importance.

On an Electrode Producing Massive Quantities of Tritium and Helium.-Tritium and 4He production at a rate of ∼ =107 atoms cm-2 s-1 is observed during electrolysis of a 0.1 M LiOD solution at a Pd electrode, pretreated by acid etching and anodization. The total amount of T in the solution after 761 h of electrolysis is ∼ =104 times above the background. The 4He production, measured in pieces of the Pd electrode, ranges between 2 and 100 times above the background. After intentional interruption of the T production after ∼ =3 weeks, the reaction cannot be re-started. Contamination as the source of T production is excluded. Only one electrode out of four examined produces T and 4He, because the special state of surface, necessary for the occurrence of the fusion phenomenon, is difficult to reproduce. The surface of the successful electrode has a copper mosaic structure, which is not observed on the inactive electrodes. -(CHIEN, C.-C.; HODKO, D.; MINEVSKI, Z.; BOCKRIS, J. O'M.; J.

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