Abstract:Bacteria are ever-present in many industries, especially food and water processing, and medicine. Bacteria can colonize the surfaces of equipment and implants, risking potential infection. An antimicrobial coating that could be applied to an alloy would prove invaluable in these industries. This thesis suggests using silver as an active antibacterial agent and details the experimental data and analysis of coatings produced via plasmaspraying and sintering. The coatings were applied to cobalt chromium, an alloy… Show more
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