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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Cerium Laboratories Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Hossain, Austin, TX (US);
Clayton Fullwood, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cerium Laboratories, LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/07 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine includes a central hub to rotate around an axis and a plurality of blades connected to the central hub. Each blade of the set of blades includes a support material having an exterior facing surface and a ceramic nitride coating disposed over the exterior facing surface. The ceramic nitride coating includes a semi-metal nitride, such as silicon nitride. The ceramic nitride coating can have a thickness in a range of 50 nm to 5 micrometers. A rough material layer can be disposed between the support material and the ceramic nitride coating.