Magnetically controlled deposition of metals using gas plasma. Quarterly progress report, January--March, 1995

The objective of the grant is to develop a method of spraying materials on a substrate in a controlled manner to eliminate the waste inherent in present plating processes. The process under consideration is magnetically controlled plasma spraying. The project continues to be on schedule. The field equations have been developed and were reported in the April--June 1994 Progress Report. The equations for the external magnetic field were reported in the July--September 1994 progress report. The field equations have been cast in a format that allows solution using Finite Element (FE) techniques. The development of the computer code that will allow evaluation of the proposed technique and design of an experiment to prove the proposed process is underway. The basic numerical technique was reported in the October--December 1994 progress report, and code development and verification are underway (see Attachment 1)