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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Claes Öhngren, Uppsala, SE;
BO Jönsson, Västerås, SE;
Claes Öhngren, Uppsala, SE;
Bo Jönsson, Västerås, SE;
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
A metallic tube for heating a medium or subject outside thereof or inside it by transfer of heat energy through walls of the tube, in which heat is absorbed or emitted at least to a substantial degree by radiation on one or both of the inner and outer surfaces of the tube, is of a material forming a layer of essentially AlOon the surfaces thereof when heated to at least approximately 750° C. At least one of the external and the internal surface of the tube is coated by one of a metal, metal alloy and metal compound, which after oxidation forms a layer having an emissivity coefficient exceeding 0.7, or by a layer essentially consisting of a metal oxide which has an emissivity coefficient exceeding 0.7.