Applied Materials, Inc.

Neha Gupta

Lance A Scudder

Prerna Sonthalia Goradia

David Alexander Britz

Kenichi Ohno

Ankur Kadam

Nitin Deepak

Abhishek Mandal

Methods for refurbishing aerospace components by removing corrosion and depositing protective coatings are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, a method of refurbishing an aerospace component includes exposing the aerospace component containing corrosion to an aqueous cleaning solution. The aerospace component contains a nickel superalloy, an aluminide layer disposed on the nickel superalloy, and an aluminum oxide layer disposed on the aluminide layer. The method includes removing the corrosion from a portion of the aluminum oxide layer with the aqueous cleaning solution to reveal the aluminum oxide layer, then exposing the aluminum oxide layer to a post-rinse, and forming a protective coating on the aluminum oxide layer.

Methods for refurbishing aerospace components

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Bengaluru, India

Neha Gupta