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US 5,672,436 AGranted
Oxidation protection method for titanium
AssigneeGrumman Aerospace Corporation
InventorAlbert G. Tobin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a titanium article of manufacture having an oxidation resistant surface and a process for producing such article wherein said titanium has an aluminized surface layer formed on it by the vapor deposition of aluminum on the titanium followed by oxidizing the surface layer.
Claims16
A titanium article of manufacture having an oxidation resistant surface consisting essentially of a TiAl.sub.3 layer on an outer surface of said article, said layer formed by vapor deposition of an aluminum material on the surface of said titanium, said surface having been oxidized after said vapor deposition.
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