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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiinjen Albert Sue, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert Clark Tucker, Jr, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Antony John Stavros, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427456 ; 427455 ;
Abstract
A TiB.sub.2 -M coating which consists of greater than 50 vol % TiB.sub.2 hard phase particles in a metal or metal alloy (M) matrix that is produced by a thermal spray process using sintered TiB.sub.2 -M powders. The TiB.sub.2 -M powders were fabricated by sintering TiB.sub.2 powders and elemental metals or metal alloys which were selected to form a desired matrix for the TiB.sub.2 particles.