Patent · US Expired

Erosion-resistant coating system

US4761346A · kind A · utility

88Cited by
18References
44Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 20, 1986
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 20, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12944
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Erosion resistance is imparted to a metallic substrate without an attendant loss of fatigue life in the substrate in one embodiment by applying to the substrate a first ductile layer comprising a metal from Group VI to Group VIII elements as well as the noble metal group of elements, and a second hard erosion-resistant layer applied on the first layer comprising a boride, carbide, nitride or oxide of a metal selected from Group III to Group VI elements, the first layer capable of retaining substrate integrity and preventing diffusion of material from the second layer into the substrate. Another embodiment defines another layer of a substantially pure metal from Group III to Group VI between the first and second layers. Still another embodiment defines that in the second layer the content of either the carbide, nitride, boride or oxide is graded, i.e. the concentration of either the carbide, nitride, boride or oxide is greatest (higher) toward the top surface of the second layer, and decreases toward the bonding surface between the second and first layer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.