Date of Award
5-1976
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Legacy Department
Engineering
First Advisor
Henry G. Tefort
Second Advisor
H. Rabunson
Third Advisor
Farrell B. Brown
Abstract
There have been many investigations made of the adherence mechanism of ground coat porcelain enamels to sheet steel. As a result of theses studies several theories have been proposed to explain the adherence phenomenon. This study has shown the enamel-metal interface with the Scanning Electron Microscope. This study shows that examination at low-angle cross-sections of an enameled specimen reveals five difference areas across the interface. They are: 1) the metal, 2) detached metal particles, 3) and 4) two porous or pitted areas, and 5) the bubbly glass structure. With the aid of different etchant solutions and different compositional variables an explanation for these different areas was developed.
Recommended Citation
Player, Hugh Marshall, "The Use of the Scanning Electron Microscope To View the Porcelain Enamel-Metal Interface in Terms of Adherence" (1976). Archived Theses. 79.
https://open.clemson.edu/arv_theses/79