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There are two ways;

1) Plastics can be metalized on the surface by the process of vacuum metalizing, in which metal filaments are vaporized on to the plastic surface and the condensed in a vacuum chamber.

2) Sputtering, the metal is ionized in a vacuum chamber by an electrical discharge between two electrodes, a metallic cloud forms inside the chamber and fogs the plastic parts with a thin layer of metal .

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Tomas Alva Edison


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What is a thin film capacitor?

If you know what a capacitor is then a TFC refers to the way the capacitor is made. Boundary layers are separated by thin insulated film to provide compact multi-use capacitors for applications such as cell phones, avioniics etc.


What is a capacitor made of?

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