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US 2003/0113592 A1Published application
Low pressure coated article
OwnerGuocun Cheninventor
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Abstract
An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel. The coating comprises one or more electroplated layers on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the electroplated layers a refractory metal nitride or metal alloy nitride where the nitrogen content of said nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent, and wherein the nitride layer is deposited at relatively low pressures.
Claims16
An article having on at least a portion of its surface a coating having the appearance of nickel comprising:
- at least one layer comprised of nickel;
- vapor deposited layer comprised of refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride wherein said nitrogen content of said refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent, and wherein said layer is deposited at pressure below about 8 millitorr.
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