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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Ronghua Wei, San Antonio, TX (US);
Marta Jakab, Boerne, TX (US);
Craig Engel, Boerne, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C22C 45/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/3414 (2013.01); C22C 45/08 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an amorphous aluminum alloy coating. The aluminum alloy coating may specifically include one of cerium, cobalt and/or molybdenum as alloying elements and be applied by a physical vapor deposition process to a desired thickness. The coating may supply improved corrosion resistance to a given environmental condition.