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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Devendra Kumar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Satyendra Kumar, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Devendra Kumar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Satyendra Kumar, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
BTU International Inc., N. Billerica, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for igniting, modulating, and sustaining a plasma for at least partially decrystallizing a surface of an object. In one embodiment, a method is provided for decrystallizing a surface of an object by forming a plasma (such as by subjecting a gas to an amount of electromagnetic radiation, optionally in the presence of a plasma catalyst) and exposing the surface of the object to the plasma.