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US4031274A
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Method for coating cavities with metal
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1975-10-14
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Granted: 1977-06-21
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Expires: 1995-10-14
Abstract
Abstract An article having an outer surface and an inner cavity, such as a hole or channel with a metallic inner surface, is provided with an inner metallic coating on the inner surface and, in one form, an outer metallic coating on the outer surface. The inner coating is provided as a result of decomposition and subsequent thermal homogenization of one or more organic compounds including Al, Cr or Ni or alloys including one or more of those elements. The outer coating can be the same as the inner coating or can be a metallic coating of one of a variety of known metallic coatings.
Inventors
- 👤 Irwin I. Bessen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 13:25
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C10/00; C23C10/28; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12014; Y10T428/12028; Y10T428/12063; Y10T428/12069; Y10T428/12076; Y10T428/12361; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12736; Y10T428/12743; Y10T428/1275; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12778; Y10T428/12806; Y10T428/12826; Y10T428/12847; Y10T428/12854; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
In a method for coating an article having an outer surface and a cavity within the article, communicating with the outer surface through a relatively small diameter opening and having a metallic inner surface, the steps of: contacting the inner surface with a fluid comprising at least one organic compound including at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Ni and their alloys and mixtures by flowing the fluid through the cavity and the small diameter opening, the compound being capable of decomposition to provide the metal; while heating the inner surface at a first temperature to enable said decomposition to occur and to provide a metal deposit on the inner surface, heating the deposit in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a second temperature for a time sufficient to remove volatile materials from the deposit; and then, rapidly increasing the temperature of the inner surface and of the deposit to a third temperature in the range of about 870° - 1100° C. within a period of up to about 30 minutes and heating in that range for a time sufficient to interdiffuse the deposit and the inner surface to provide an inner surface coating.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
In a method for coating an article having an outer surface and a cavity within the article, communicating with the outer surface through a relatively small diameter opening and having a metallic inner surface, the steps of: contacting the inner surface with a fluid comprising at least one organic compound including at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Ni and their alloys and mixtures by flowing the fluid through the cavity and the small diameter opening, the compound being capable of decomposition to provide the metal; while heating the inner surface at a first temperature to enable said decomposition to occur and to provide a metal deposit on the inner surface, heating the deposit in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a second temperature for a time sufficient to remove volatile materials from the deposit; and then, rapidly increasing the temperature of the inner surface and of the deposit to a third temperature in the range of about 870° - 1100° C. within a period of up to about 30 minutes and heating in that range for a time sufficient to interdiffuse the deposit and the inner surface to provide an inner surface coating.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 in which the first temperature is in the range of about 100° - 450° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 2 in which: the first temperature is in the range of about a. 160° - 220° C when Al is selected; b. 80° - 300° C when Ni is selected; c. 300° - 450° C when Cr is selected; and the third temperature is in the range of about 980° - 1100° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
101 words
The method of claim 3 for providing the inner surface with an aluminide coating in which: the inner surface is a metallic material based on Ni; the inner surface is contacted with a solution of triisobutylaluminum at a concentration of about 20° - 30 weight percent while heating the surface to the first temperature for a time sufficient to provide a deposit of Al on the inner surface; the second temperature is about 150° - 370° C; and the temperature is increased rapidly through the Al melting range during a period of about 20 - 30 minutes to the third temperature.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 in which the inner surface is contacted with a plurality of organic compounds to codeposit a plurality of elements upon heating at the first temperature.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 in which a plurality of metal deposits are provided from a sequential contacting and heating of the inner surface thereby depositing a plurality of superimposed deposits, the heating to the third tempeature interdiffusing the plurality of deposits and the inner surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 6 in which there is first provided at least one deposit of an element selected from the group consisting of Ni and Cr and then there is provided over such deposit an additional deposit of Al.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 in which the third temperature is provided during a method which provides a metallic coating to the outer surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 8 in which the organic compound contacts both the inner and the outer surfaces while heating the inner and outer surfaces to provide a metal deposit on both the inner and outer surfaces, the heating to the second and third temperature including heating of the deposit on the outer surface and heating of the outer surface to provide an inner surface coating and an outer surface coating.
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