Good stuff... Although, bear in mind some the disadvantages as well as limitations in using this type of surface preparation for certain applications... In any event, Enjoy the "Readings" in the links below! ;)
I'll take advantage that we're talking on Smooth Clean Surface to ask you Gentlemen a question, and I confess my ignorance. I live in a country that follows exclusively American standards throughout all engineering applications. Well, almost all engineering applications, and one of the exceptions is surface finish. For surface finish we follow ISO standard. I know that in the USA you refer to RMS or Root Mean Square. How exactly is surface finish measured according to RMS? Thanks for the reply. Giovanni S. Crisi Sao Paulo - Brazil
There are a plethora of methods to calculate surface roughness on a variety of materials so, I'll just narrow them down to metal surface roughness as best I can.
These three are probably well suited to what you're looking for with respect to references: