Re: Al coatings

Sam Paris (paris@Venus.mcs.com)
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 07:19:03 -0500 (CDT)

On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Rik Hill wrote:

>
> What is the typical thickness of Al put on mirrors by
> commercial coaters?

Dunno for sure what commercial practice is, but John Strong in "Procedures in Experimental Physics" says that a good coat is about 1000 Angstroms thick. I'd imagine that Stan Thomas is starting out his anodized mirrors a bit thicker than that.

Sam Paris