Patent · US Expired

Method of blackening surfaces of steel parts with wet nitrogen

US4448612A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateMay 3, 1983
Grant dateMay 15, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C8/18
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A gaseous mixture of nitrogen and water vapor (dew point of about -8.degree. to 32.degree. C.), heated to 550.degree. to 750.degree. C., contacts the surfaces of a steel part for a sufficient time to produce adherent, deep-black layers on the part. Steel aperture masks and support frames for color television picture tubes may be blackened by the novel method.

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