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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, New York, NY (US);
Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Liang Jiang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Samuel Vinod Thamboo, Latham, NY (US);
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, New York, NY (US);
Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Liang Jiang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Samuel Vinod Thamboo, Latham, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a turbine component comprising a substrate; and a protective structure formed on the substrate, wherein the protective structure comprises an α-β titanium alloy, a β-titanium alloy or a near-β titanium alloy. Disclosed herein too is a process for providing a protective structure to a turbine component, comprising affixing a protective structure on a turbine component; wherein the protective structure comprises an α-β titanium alloy, a near-β titanium alloy or a β-titanium alloy.