High emittance low absorptance coatings
AssigneeMcDonnell Douglas Corporation
InventorsHenry W. Babel, Huong G. Le
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Abstract
An aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate having a low absorptance high emittance two-layer coating produced by first anodizing the substrate to form an anodic coating, followed by applying a topcoat of an inorganic white paint on the anodic coating, such dual layer coated substrate having spacecraft application, particularly for radiators.
Claims7
An article having a high infrared emittance low solar absorptance coating, which comprises a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having an anodized surface and a topcoat of an inorganic white paint on the anodic coating of said anodized surface, wherein said inorganic paint is comprised of a member selected from the group consisting of (1) a potassium silicate binder having zinc oxide particles distributed therein, and (2) a potassium silicate binder having zinc orthotitanate particles distributed therein, the amount of said particles in said binder ranging from about 50 to about 90% of said particles by weight of the total mixture of said particles and binder, wherein the total thickness of the anodic coating and said white paint topcoat ranges from about 1.5 to about 8 mils, and wherein the overall coating has a solar absorptance of about 0.15 to about 0.20, and a infrared emittance of about 0.90 to about 0.92.
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