1. D.A. Gerdeman and N.L. Hecht:Arc Plasma Technology in Materials Science, 206 pp, Springer-Verlag: New York, 1972.
2. American Welding Society:Thermal Spraying—Practice, Theory and Application, AWS, Inc., 1985.
3. C.C. Berndt and R. McPherson:A Fracture Mechanics Approach to the Adhesion of Plasma Sprayed Coatings, pp. 310–316, The 9th Int. Thermal Spraying Conf., May 19–23, 1980, The Hague, Netherlands, Nederlands Instituut voor Lasteniek, 1980. Discussion on pp. 40–41 of Rapporteurs Volume.
4. P.C. Hopman: “The Direct Pull-Off Test,”JOCCA, 1984, vol. 7, pp. 179–184.
5. J. Sickfeld: “Pull-Off Test, an Internationally Standardized Method for Adhesion Testing—Assessment of the Relevance of Test Results,” pp. 543–567, Adhesion Aspects of Polymeric Coatings. K.L. Mitall (Ed.), Plenum, New York, 1983.