Corrosion resistant neutron absorbing coatings

US8580350B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US
• Sandia Corporation · US
• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Jor-Shan Choi · Corona, US
• Joseph C. Farmer · Tracy, US
• Chuck K. Lee · Hayward, US
• Jeffrey Walker · Canton, US
• Paige Russell · Las Vegas, US
• Jon Kirkwood · Saint Leonard, US
• Nancy Yang · Lafayette, US
• Victor Champagne · Dudley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/12083
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of forming a corrosion resistant neutron absorbing coating comprising the steps of spray or deposition or sputtering or welding processing to form a composite material made of a spray or deposition or sputtering or welding material, and a neutron absorbing material. Also a corrosion resistant neutron absorbing coating comprising a composite material made of a spray or deposition or sputtering or welding material, and a neutron absorbing material.