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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Dearnaley, Abingdon, GB;
Robert E Watkins, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, GB;
Assignee:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427 38 ; 427 42 ; 4273839 ;
Abstract
A process for improving the wear resistance of, and reducing the frictional forces between, bodies made of titanium or its alloys, in which surfaces liable to wear are coated with a layer of a metal such as tin of aluminium which is then bombarded with ions of a light species such as nitrogen, carbon, boron, or neon so as to cause the metal to migrate into the titanium.