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Article: Electron-beam guns hit the mark with new applications.
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- R & D
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- August 1, 1990
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Electron-Beam Guns Hit the Mark With New Applications
Electron-beam technology strengthens aircraft engines and makes materials pure enough for supercolliders. THE ORIGIN OF electron beams is buried in the early work on cathode-ray tubes during the late 19th century. The expansion of electron-beam technology as a specialized field in its own right, however, is a 20th-century phenomenon, with applications ranging from supercolliders to aircraft engines to potato chip packages.
Electron beams are used primarily for melting, which produces materials with high purity and cleanliness, and evaporation, including overlay coating and vacuum web coating.
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