BORIDE DOPED TI TARGETS THE COATINGS SHALL BE ALTERNATING LAYER, MULTI-COMPONENT TIN- AND ZRN-BASED COATING…

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BORIDE DOPED TI TARGETS THE COATINGS SHALL BE ALTERNATING LAYER, MULTI-COMPONENT TIN- AND ZRN-BASED COATINGS. THE THICKNESS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL LAYER IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE ORDER OF 100 NANOMETERS. TOTAL COATING THICKNESS SHALL BE 10-20 MICRONS. THE COATINGS SHALL BE PREPARED IN 5 RUNS 3 OF WHICH SHALL BE USING CATHODIC ARC TECHNIQUES AND 2 SHALL BE BY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING. A MINIMUM OF 40 NASA-SUPPLIED TI-6AL-4V SPECIMENS SHALL BE PREPARED PER RUN. SPECIMENS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF 1 DIAM DISCS AND X 4 BARS. THESE SPECIMENS SHALL BE COATED ON ALL SURFACES EXCEPT WHERE THE SPECIMEN IS BEING HELD BY THE FIXTURE THE COATERS USED TO DEPOSIT THESE COATINGS SHALL USE MULTIPLE, INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED SOURCES WITH SHUTTERING AND WITH CONTROL OF INDIVIDUAL, ALTERNATING LAYER COMPOSITIONS THE COATERS SHALL BE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES WITH AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT AND STATE-OF-THE-ART DATA ACQUISITION WELL-ESTABLISHED CLEANING PROCEDURES THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SHALL BE EMPLOYED. AN IN-CHAMBER PLASMA PRE-TREATMENT SHALL BE EMPLOYED THE OFFEROR SHALL HAVE HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH US GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND HAVE ISO9001:2000 CERTIFICATION OR EQUIVALENT UP TO THREE COATING RUNS TO PRODUCE PROPRIETARY COATINGS TO BE TESTED AT NASA MAY BE OFFERED AS BASELINES