Design of Experiment: A Statistical Approach to Understanding Factors Influencing Surface Properties of Sol-Gel Based Non-Stick Ceramic Coatings

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Ceramic coatings based on sol-gel method have increasingly gained much attention in recent times. In order to ascertain important experimental factors (variables) influencing surface properties, such as adhesion, pencil hardness and advancing contact angle (non-stick) of sol coatings, a 26-1-factorial screening design with six experimental variables, precursor mole ratio, low surface energy polymer concentration, silane coupling agent (SCA) concentration, silica nanoparticles concentration (SNP’s),curing temperature and three responses ( surface properties) were investigated. The results indicate that silane coupling agent concentration, SNP’s concentration and their interaction were the most significant experimental factors influencing advancing contact angle. None of the experimental factors studied were statistically significant with respect to hardness and adhesion.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 622-623)

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420-425

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December 2012

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