Process for coating inorganic substrates with carbides, nitrides and/or carbonitrides

Claim 1

A process for producing on an inorganic substrate a coating of material selected from the group consisting of an element carbide, nitride and carbonitride, said element selected from the group consisting of iron, boron, silicon and the transition metals of sub-groups 4 to 6 of the periodic table, which comprises heating said substrate to a temperature of at least 500° C., and contacting said substrate with a gaseous or vaporous reactant stream comprising a mixture of hydrogen; a derivative of said element selected from the group consisting of its hydride, carbonyl, carbonyl-hydride, halide and organometallic compounds; and at least one carbon- and nitrogen-releasing compound of formula I or II ##STR17## wherein X represents ##STR18## an alkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms; said alkyl group substituted by halogen atoms, ##STR19## an alkenyl group with 2-4 carbon atoms; said alkenyl group substituted by halogen atoms or ##STR20## a cycloalkyl group with 3-6 atoms or an aryl group with 6-10 carbon atoms; said cycloalkyl group or said aryl group substituted by halogen atoms, methyl groups or ##STR21## X 1 represents an alkylene group with 1-10 carbon atoms; an alkenylene group with 2-4 carbon atoms; a phenylene or cyclohexylene group; said phenylene or cyclohexylene group substituted by halogen atoms or ##STR22## or a group of the formula ##STR23## and R 1 and R 2 independently of one another denote hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms, and m denotes an integer from 4 to 7; permitting reaction thereof to form said coating on said substrate.