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Method of coating a workpiece of a plastic material by a metal layer

US5400317A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1993
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C14/35
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An optical storage disk has a body made of PMMA bulk material with a surface of PMMA. Aluminum or an aluminum alloy, light reflecting layer coats the PMMA surface and is applied using a sputtering apparatus in a sealed gas atmosphere containing argon and carbon containing gas. Application of the coating using sputtering takes place immediately after the PMMA body is inserted into the sealed gas atmosphere and without any pretreatment to the PMMA surface.

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