Determination of Coating Thickness by Crater Grounding Method

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Coating thickness plays an important role in the performance of coated tools and machine parts. In the paper, a straightforward and simple method-crater grounding method is introduced to measure Zn coatings thickness. Coating section observation measurement are used to test the thickness, and the comparative result show that crater grounding method is accuracy vary within a certain error range. The influencing factors of this measuring method is analyzed in this paper.

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