Chemical vapor deposition

process used to make thin films for semiconductors or surface coating
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Chemical vapor deposition

Summary

Chemical vapor deposition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Chemical vapor deposition is a type of thin-film deposition[2].
  • Chemical vapor deposition's Commons category is recorded as Chemical vapour deposition[3].
  • Chemical vapor deposition's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1852[4].
  • Chemical vapor deposition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chemical vapor deposition[5].

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Definition and Type

Chemical vapor deposition is a type of thin-film deposition[2].

Why It Matters

Chemical vapor deposition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Topic's main category Category:Chemical vapor deposition
    Aliases
    Subclass of thin-film deposition
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39016, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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