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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:
May. 17, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Brockington, Allentown, PA (US);
Alejandro L Cabrera, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Charles G Coe, Macungie, PA (US);
John F Kirner, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 16 ; 148128 ; 148 167 ; 148136 ;
Abstract
A process for bright annealing of chromium containing alloys such as stainless steels in an atmosphere of nitrogen and hydrogen containing controlled additions of an inhibitor as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,334,938 wherein at least one element provided at the surface of the article being annealed in an amount such that it is oxidized in preference to the chromium in said article, whereby nitrogen uptake is inhibited and dulling of the metal surface by formation of a film containing chromium oxide is avoided.