Corrosion resistant amorphous metals and methods of forming corrosion resistant amorphous metals

US8778459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US
• Sandia Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joseph C. Farmer · Tracy, US
• Frank Wong · Livermore, US
• Jeffery J. Haslam · Livermore, US
• Nancy Yang · Lafayette, US
• Enrique J. Lavernia · Davis, US
• Craig A. Blue · Knoxville, US
• Olivia Graeve · Reno, US
• Robert Bayles · Annandale, US
• John H. Perepezko · Madison, US
• Larry Kaufman · Brookline, US
• Julie Schoenung · Davis, US
• Leo Ajdelsztajn · Walnut Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C23C28/42
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A system for coating a surface comprises providing a source of amorphous metal, providing ceramic particles, and applying the amorphous metal and the ceramic particles to the surface by a spray. The coating comprises a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains one or more of the following elements in the specified range of composition: yttrium (≧1 atomic %), chromium (14 to 18 atomic %), molybdenum (≧7 atomic %), tungsten (≧1 atomic %), boron (≦5 atomic %), or carbon (≧4 atomic %).