Multifunctional hard material coating
US8110296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/252
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a multi-functional hard material coating of a substrate wherein the hard material coating comprises a single phase crystalline structure including metastable mixed crystals of at least two hard material components which are not soluble in each other and comprise at least one metallic hard material and an ionic hard material whereby the advantages of metallic and ionic hard material components are combined.
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