Metal cladding composition
AssigneeApplied Technology Laboratories LLC
InventorGary Wilson
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Abstract
The invented compositions for metal cladding of components in demanding applications can include one or more of liquid and/or colloidal sodium, potassium and/or lithium silicate, clay and/or clays, a compound of hollow micro-spheres (e.g. naturally occurring and nearly ubiquitous perlite and/or a synthetic hollow micro-sphere equivalent) and/or alumina or one or more flexible or malleable or resiliently deformable, impact-resistant materials such as plastomers, elastomers and/or other plastic, rubber, plastic-like or rubber-like materials; a wetting agent consisting of one or more of water or water and ethanol for fast drying under proper safety and venting conditions; and one or more surfactants and/or dispersants.
Claims13
A composition for use in cladding metal, the composition comprising:
- a frit mixture;
- a wetting agent selected from the group consisting of water, ethanol, and a mixture thereof;
- a colloidal and/or liquid sodium silicate in the amount of approximately 1-20% by volume;
- and/or
- a colloidal and/or liquid potassium and/or lithium silicate in the amount of approximately 1-20% by volume;
- an iron oxide in the amount of approximately 1-5% by volume;
- and
- a surfactant other than the wetting agent in the amount of approximately 0.5-1% by volume.
A composition for use in cladding metal, the composition comprising:
- a frit mixture;
- a wetting agent selected from the group consisting of water, ethanol, and a mixture thereof;
- a colloidal silicate in an amount of approximately 1-20% by volume;
- and
- a dispersant other than the wetting agent formulated with the composition substantially to suspend the frit mixture and one or more silicates therein;
- a surfactant other than the wetting agent in the amount of approximately 0.5-1% by volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.