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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
James O. Stoffer, Rolla, MO (US);
Thomas J. O'keefe, Rolla, MO (US);
Matthew O'keefe, Rolla, MO (US);
Eric L. Morris, Rolla, MO (US);
Scott Hayes, Rolla, MO (US);
Paul Yu, Rolla, MO (US);
Alex Williams, Rolla, MO (US);
Berny F. Rivera Vasquez, Samegua-Moquegua, PE;
Xuan Lin, Orange, CT (US);
James O. Stoffer, Rolla, MO (US);
Thomas J. O'Keefe, Rolla, MO (US);
Matthew O'Keefe, Rolla, MO (US);
Eric L. Morris, Rolla, MO (US);
Scott Hayes, Rolla, MO (US);
Paul Yu, Rolla, MO (US);
Alex Williams, Rolla, MO (US);
Berny F. Rivera Vasquez, Samegua-Moquegua, PE;
Xuan Lin, Orange, CT (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
A cerium-based coating for corrosion resistance is applied by exposing a cleaned aluminum-based component to a corrosion-inhibiting cerium solution containing cerium ions in the presence of an oxidizing agent. The coating deposits spontaneously without an external source of electrons.