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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Applicants:
Wayne C. Tucker, Exeter, RI (US);
Maria G. Medeiros, Bristol, RI (US);
Richard Brown, Wakefield, RI (US);
Inventors:
Wayne C. Tucker, Exeter, RI (US);
Maria G. Medeiros, Bristol, RI (US);
Richard Brown, Wakefield, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Non-chromate solutions for treating and/or etching metals, particularly, aluminum, aluminum alloys, steel and titanium, and method of applying same wherein the solutions include either a titanate or titanium dioxide as a 'drop-in replacement' for a chromium-containing compound in a metal surface etching solution that otherwise would contain chromium.