Mounting a planar mirror with epoxy
Hi,
I am looking into ways to mount a cylindrical-planar mirror to be used in a low-pressure, thermally varying environment.
Our current method involves directly pushing onto the mirror, which can flex or damage it. My boss has asked that I look into using epoxy to adhere it to the mounting face.
After around an hour of looking into it, I haven't found much in the way of technical papers that give advice to the process/geometry of the mounting face. What I have heard is that I may want to look into adding a groove or two to help with thermal expansions of the epoxy, but I haven't found much to corroborate that.
Is there anything I should be aware for using epoxy? Is it really so simple that I can just have two planar faces epoxied together?
Thanks!