Method of forming titanium silicide coatings

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF TREATING TITANIUM METAL BODIES AND ALLOYS THEREOF TO IMPART RESISTANCE THERETO TO THE DESTRUCTIVE ACTION OF GASES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, COMPRISING PAINTING THE TITANIUM BODY WITH A LIQUID COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CARRIER LIQUID HAVING DISSOLVED THEREIN A HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE, TEMPORARY, ORGANIC BINDER SUBSTANCE AND HAVING SUSPENDED THEREIN A MIXTURE OF FINELY POWDERED ELEMENTAL SILICON AND FINELY POWDERED ELEMENTAL TITANIUM, DRYING THE COATED BODY AND HEATING THE SAME IN AN INERT ATMOSPHERE TO DECOMPOSE AND VOLATILIZE THE BINDER SUBSTANCE AND SINTER THE SILICON TO CONVERT THE SAME TO AN INTEGRAL EXTERIOR LAYER ON THE TITANIUM COMPRISING AN ALLOY OR INTERMETALLIC COMPOSITION OF SILICON AND TITANIUM.