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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young Jin Chung, Calabassas, CA (US);
Samuel Lee Jeanjaquet, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Martin W. Kendig, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/110 ; C23F 1/1167 ; C23F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/110 ; C23F 1/1167 ; C23F 1/100 ;
Abstract
An anti-corrosive sol-gel that is a combination of an organometallic salt, an organosilane, and a borate, phosphate, or zinc functional component. The organosilane component may be selected from a large group of equivalent compounds but is preferably an alkoxyzirconium salt, and most preferably Zr (IV) n-propoxide. The organosilane may also be selected from a large group of equivalent compounds, but is preferably 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GTMS). Combination of the components takes place in the presence of an organic catalyst, preferably acetic acid.