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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:
Feb. 09, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew J Anthony, Tariffville, CT (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148421 ; 148900 ; 20419231 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for increasing the wear and corrosion resistance of zirconium and zirconium alloys by ion implantation. In particular the present invention is directed to the ion implantation of nitrogen and/or carbon for the purpose of increasing wear resistance; and the ion implantation of arsenic, carbon, chromium, nitrogen, tin, phosphorus or combinations thereof for the purpose of increasing the corrosion resistance.