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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Quertech, Caen, FR;
Inventors:
Denis Busardo, Gonneville-sur-Mer, FR;
Frédéric Guernalec, Liffre, FR;
Assignee:
IONICS FRANCE, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/48 (2006.01); C23C 14/00 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); C23C 14/04 (2006.01); G04B 15/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); G04B 37/22 (2006.01); G04B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/48 (2013.01); C23C 14/0015 (2013.01); C23C 14/042 (2013.01); C23C 14/355 (2013.01); C23C 14/582 (2013.01); C23C 14/5806 (2013.01); G04B 15/14 (2013.01); G04B 37/22 (2013.01); G04B 45/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a treatment method for coloring a metal that includes a) bombardment of the metal with a beam of singly- or multiply-charged gas ions produced by an electron cyclotron resonance source; b) heat treatment in ambient air so as to color the implanted metal using a temperature between 100° C. and 400° C. and an exposure time of between 1 minute and 4 hours.