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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles B Greenberg, Murrysville, PA (US);
Peter P Harmon, North Huntington, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428433 ; 29195 ; 427169 ; 427305 ; 427306 ; 427404 ; 428434 ; 428458 ;
Abstract
Novel copper-silver metallic films are prepared on transparent articles by chemical replacement of silver for copper according to the method of the present invention. A transparent article is coated with a metallic copper film by a conventional method of deposition. The copper coated article is then contacted by a solution comprising a silver salt, ammonia and a complexing agent which promotes replacement but which does not accelerate the oxidation of residual metallic copper in the film. Replacement of copper by silver occurs with the film retaining its reflective metallic character.