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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence H Dubois, Summit, NJ (US);
Ralph G Nuzzo, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427255 ; 148-63 ; 148-635 ; 148-631 ;
Abstract
Metal surfaces are protected from corrosion by reaction with a silane. In the case of a clean metal surface, reaction with the silane produces an intermetallic compound that is subsequently oxidized to yield a surface layer of, for example, silicon oxide. In the situation where the metal has an oxide coating, the silane reacts directly with this coating to produce the protective surface.