Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of silicon containing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-18
2011-10-11
McNeil, Jennifer (Department: 1784)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of silicon containing
C428S448000, C428S451000, C428S452000, C428S312200, C428S469000, C428S312800, C204S192150, C427S248100, C427S569000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08034459
ABSTRACT:
The present disclosure relates to a coating and a method of applying such coating that may include nanocrystals of a transition metal compound embedded in an amorphous phase or layered structure of transition metal compounds with an amorphous phase. The transition metal compound may be selected from the group consisting of metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal silicides and combinations thereof. The amorphous matrix may include a ceramic.
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Arps James H.
Langa Edward
Rincon Christopher
Wei Ronghua
Grossman Tucker et al.
Katz Vera
McNeil Jennifer
Southwest Research Institute
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