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OwnerRobert L. Heimann, Nancy M. Mcgowan +3inventors
InventorsRobert L. Heimann, Nancy M. Mcgowan, William M. Dalton, David R. Webb, David M. Price
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The disclosure relates to the forming mineralized coatings on metal surfaces and to methods of forming such coatings. The coating can include a wide range of compounds and normally at least a portion of the coating corresponds to an amorphous phase. The coating and method are particularly usefull in providing a corrosion resistant coating or film upon a metallic surface. This aspect of the disclosure involves the formation of a corrosion resistant “mineralized” layer of tailored composition upon a metal substrate.
An amorphous mineralized surface comprising a cation and an inorganic oxide wherein the amount of oxygen is less than the stoicheometric.
A mineralized layer consisting essentially of the oxide network phase
A transparent corrosion resistant mineralized layer comprising at least one phase obtained by contacting a silicate containing material with a metal surface at a pH ranging from about 9 to at least 11 wherein the amount of oxygen is less than stoichiometric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.