A silicon based sand paper was used to polish the test materials. The surface textures of the aluminum samples were measured using an Olympus LEXT 3100 scanning laser microscope. Area-scale analysis was also used to determine at which scale the most heat transfer was observed.

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Creator

• Ayer, Michael Ross

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030111-122748

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-03-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved