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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:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Armand J Panson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156642 ; 134-3 ; 134 10 ; 156664 ;
Abstract
A process for etching zirconium metallic articles using an aqueous bath of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid wherein the active hydrofluoric and nitric acid contents of the bath are determined by measurement of the dissolved zirconium content of the bath, and the bath is replenished in acid to give substantially the active hydrofluoric acid concentration and ratio to nitric acid, without removal of dissolved zirconium from the bath, to increase the bath etching life.