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Corrosion resistant amorphous metallic coatings
Assignee: Bluehalo LLC
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Filing: 1987-09-21
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Granted: 1989-09-05
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Expires: 2007-09-21
Abstract
Abstract A method of providing corrosion resistant substrates having an amorphous metallic alloy coating thereon. The method comprises depositing refractory and transition elements, such as Ni, Nb, Ti and Cr, onto the substrate to provide a crystalline metallic layer thereon which is then irradiated to convert the layer into an amorphous metallic coating on the substrate. The coated substrate displays a corrosion resistance which is at least about four orders of magnitude greater than for the uncoated substrate in both lN HNO 3 and 0.1 N NaCl aqueous solutions.
Inventors
- 👤 Rabi S. Bhattacharya
- 👤 Amarendra K. Rai
- 👤 Peter P. Pronko
- 👤 Charbel Raffoul
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 20:15
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/58; C23C14/5826; C23C14/5833; C23C14/06; C23C14/14; C23C14/16; C23C14/584; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/90; Y10S148/902; Y10S148/903; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12806; Y10T428/12812; Y10T428/12826; Y10T428/12833; Y10T428/12861; Y10T428/12931; Y10T428/12944
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A corrosion resistant nickel containing coating on a metal substrate, said coating having a starting apparent grain size before ion implantation and said coating thoroughly amorphized by accumulating sufficient ion beam implantation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom to at least enter the stage of relatively sharp decrease of said apparent grain size and the composition of said coating selected from the group consisting essentially of NiNb with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, NiTi with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. % and the NiNbCr with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, Nb of 10 at. %-30 at. % and Cr the balance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
A corrosion resistant nickel containing coating on a metal substrate, said coating having a starting apparent grain size before ion implantation and said coating thoroughly amorphized by accumulating sufficient ion beam implantation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom to at least enter the stage of relatively sharp decrease of said apparent grain size and the composition of said coating selected from the group consisting essentially of NiNb with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, NiTi with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. % and the NiNbCr with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, Nb of 10 at. %-30 at. % and Cr the balance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The Ni containing coating as defined in claim 1 wherein the grain sizes of said coating are less than about 100 Angstroms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
110 words
A corrosion resistant amorphous metallic coating comprising, a combination of transition metal and a refractory metal, said coating having a starting apparent grain size before irradiation and said coating thoroughly amorphized by accumulating sufficient radiation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom to at least enter the stage of relatively sharp decrease of said apparent grain size and said transition metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu and comprising about 40 at. %-60 at. % of said coating and the balance comprising said refractory metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta and W.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
A corrosion resistant amorphous metallic coating comprising, a combination of transition metal and a refractory metal, said coating having a starting apparent grain size before irradiation and said coating thoroughly amorphized by accumulating sufficient radiation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom to at least enter the stage of relatively sharp decrease of said apparent grain size and said transition metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu and comprising about 40 at. %-60 at. % of said coating and the balance comprising said refractory metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta and W.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The coating as defined in claim 3 wherein the apparent grain size of said coating is less than about 100 Angstroms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The coating as defined in claim 3 wherein said radiation damage is introduced by at least one of energetic ions, fast neutrons and high energy photons.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
95 words
A corrosion resistant nickel coating on a metal substrate, said coating thoroughly amorphized by ion beam implantation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom and also having a balanced and improved corrosion resistance in acidic, baSic and neutral, pH aqueous solutions and the composition of said coating selected from the group consisting essentially of NiNb with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, NiTi with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. % and NiNbCr with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, Nb of 10 at. %-30 at. % and Cr the balance.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
95 words
A corrosion resistant nickel coating on a metal substrate, said coating thoroughly amorphized by ion beam implantation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom and also having a balanced and improved corrosion resistance in acidic, baSic and neutral, pH aqueous solutions and the composition of said coating selected from the group consisting essentially of NiNb with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, NiTi with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. % and NiNbCr with Ni of 40 at. %-60 at. %, Nb of 10 at. %-30 at. % and Cr the balance.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
92 words
A corrosion resistant amorphous metallic coating comprising, a combination of a transition metal and a refractory metal, said coating being thoroughly amorphized by radiation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom and having a balanced and improved corrosion resistance in acidic, basic and neutral pH aqueous solutions and said transition metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Ni, Ti and Cr and comprising about 40 at. %-60 at. % of said coating and the balance comprising said refractory metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Nb and Mo.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
A corrosion resistant amorphous metallic coating comprising, a combination of a transition metal and a refractory metal, said coating being thoroughly amorphized by radiation damage in excess of about 30-60 displacements per atom and having a balanced and improved corrosion resistance in acidic, basic and neutral pH aqueous solutions and said transition metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Ni, Ti and Cr and comprising about 40 at. %-60 at. % of said coating and the balance comprising said refractory metal selected from the group consisting essentially of Nb and Mo.
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