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US 2014/0191841 A1Published application
Conformal coating to scavenge elemental sulfur
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
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Abstract
A corrosion-resistant apparatus may contain an electronic component having a first metal and a polymer coating covering the electronic component. The polymer coating includes polymer chains with unsaturated groups to scavenge sulfur and an anionic initiator dispersed in the polymer coating to convert cyclic elemental sulfur to linear polysulfide.
Claims20
A corrosion-resistant apparatus comprising:
- an electronic component containing a first metal;
- and
- a polymer coating covering the electronic component, the polymer coating comprising:
- polymer chains with unsaturated groups for scavenging sulfur;
- and
- an anionic initiator dispersed in the polymer coating for converting cyclic elemental sulfur to linear polysulfide.
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A method for coating an electronic device comprising:
- providing an electronic component containing a first metal;
- and
- covering the electronic component with a polymer coating, the polymer coating comprising:
- polymer chains having unsaturated groups for scavenging sulfur;
- and
- an anionic initiator dispersed in the polymer coating for converting cyclic elemental sulfur to linear polysulfide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.