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Article comprising a substrate and chromium alloy coating
Assignee: Tosoh SMD Inc
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Filing: 1979-05-18
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Granted: 1981-10-20
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Expires: 1999-05-18
Abstract
Abstract A metal alloy for a thin film deposition process, an article coated with a thin film of the metal alloy and the method of thin film deposition coating of an article with the metal alloy is provided. The metal alloy consists of 78-97.5% Cr, 2-20% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ni and Co, and 0.5-2% of scavenger element selected from the group consisting of Al, B, Be, Ce, Hf, La, Nb, Nd, Si, Ta, Th, Ti, U, Y and Zr, all by weight. Two or more elements selected from the group of Mo, Ni and Co may be included in the metal alloy in the total proportion of 2-20% by weight. The deposition coating method may be either evaporation or sputtering.
Inventors
- 👤 Neal M. Griesenauer
- 👤 Julius J. Gersi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 09:31
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C30/00; C23C14/00; C23C14/06; C23C14/14; C23C14/20; C23C14/205; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31692; Y10T428/31696
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
An article comprising a substrate and a thin film metal alloy coating formed on a surface of said substrate by a process of depositing small particles on said substrate, said metal alloy consisting of 78-97.5% by weight of chromium, at least two elements selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel and cobalt in the combined proportion of 2-20% by weight, and 0.5-2% by weight of a scavenger element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
An article comprising a substrate and a thin film metal alloy coating formed on a surface of said substrate by a process of depositing small particles on said substrate, said metal alloy consisting of 78-97.5% by weight of chromium, at least two elements selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel and cobalt in the combined proportion of 2-20% by weight, and 0.5-2% by weight of a scavenger element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
An article according to claim 1 in which said metal alloy includes each of the three elements of the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel and cobalt and which are included in said metal alloy in the combined proportion of 2-20% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said 2-20% combined proportion includes 3% by weight of molybdenum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said 2-20% combined proportion includes 8% by weight of nickel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said 2-20% combined proportion includes 4% by weight of cobalt.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said 2-20% combined proportion includes 8% by weight of cobalt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said scavenger element in said metal alloy includes at least one element selected from the group of elements consisting of Al, B, Be, Ce, Hf, La, Nb, Nd, Si, Ta, Th, U, Y and Zr.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said metal alloy includes 0.5% by weight of Ti as said scavenger element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
An article as claimed in claim 1 in which said substrate comprises a plastic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 9 in which said plastic is ABS plastic.
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