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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A Ferrando, Arlington, VA (US);
Amarnath P Divecha, Falls Church, VA (US);
James Kerr, Bethesda, MD (US);
Subhash D Karmarkar, Great Falls, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427217 ; 427229 ;
Abstract
Silver metal-coated boron carbide (B.sub.4 C) particle reinforce aluminumthium alloy or magnesium-lithium matrix composites which are prepared by coating the B.sub.4 C particles with molten AgNO.sub.3, decomposing the molten AgNO.sub.3 to form a coating of silver metal on the B.sub.4 C particles, mixing the silver coated B.sub.4 C particles into a molten aluminum-lithium alloy or magnesium-lithium alloy matrix, allowing the mixture to cool and solidify the solid composite.