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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F. Grubb, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
James D. Fritz, Cabot, PA (US);
Ronald E. Polinski, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
ATI Properties, Inc., Albany, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
Abstract
A method of enhancing the corrosion resistance of an austenitic steel includes removing material from at least a portion of a surface of the steel such that corrosion initiation sites are eliminated or are reduced in number relative to the number resulting from processing in a conventional manner. Material may be removed from the portion by any suitable method, including, for example, grit blasting, grinding and/or acid pickling under conditions more aggressive than those used in conventional processing of the same steel.