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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:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William D Sproul, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423409 ; 2041 / ;
Abstract
A high hardness hafnium nitride formed by a reactive sputter coating of a substrate in a closed chamber with a substantially pure hafnium target, and an atmosphere of argon and nitrogen. The hafnium nitride has a face centered cubic structure with a lattice spacing of 4.55 to 4.58 .ANG., and a hardness in the range of 2700 to 5500 kilograms per square millimeter utilizing a Vickers microindentation hardness test.