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Hi all,
I am very new to physics and have little to no background in engineering, however I am a biochemistry major whoe somehow wound up in material research lab.
One thing I am having trouble understanding the thermal expansion coefficients, how they relate to each other and which one I should be using. I am going to be putting a layer of alumina on stainless steel using atomic layer deposition. The heat this process is at is 180C. The thermal coefficients that I found for these two are 17.3 and 8.1. I don't really know what this means or how to decide if the difference between the two matters.
Can someone help explain it to me?
Thanks in advance
I am very new to physics and have little to no background in engineering, however I am a biochemistry major whoe somehow wound up in material research lab.
One thing I am having trouble understanding the thermal expansion coefficients, how they relate to each other and which one I should be using. I am going to be putting a layer of alumina on stainless steel using atomic layer deposition. The heat this process is at is 180C. The thermal coefficients that I found for these two are 17.3 and 8.1. I don't really know what this means or how to decide if the difference between the two matters.
Can someone help explain it to me?
Thanks in advance