Stock material or miscellaneous articles – All metal or with adjacent metals – Having composition – density – or hardness gradient
Patent
1987-12-09
1989-05-09
Rutledge, L. Dewayne
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
All metal or with adjacent metals
Having composition, density, or hardness gradient
428670, 63 2, 148430, B22D 2718
Patent
active
048289337
ABSTRACT:
A platinum article, especially an article of jewellery, has its surface region modified to improve its scratch resistance by the addition of at least one element which forms an intermetallic compound with platinum, especially aluminum and chromium. The surface region may be formed by the pack cementation chemical vapor deposition process.
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patent: Re31104 (1982-12-01), Baldi et al.
patent: 4165983 (1979-08-01), Bourne et al.
Japanese Abstracts: vol. 9, No. 112 (C-281); vol. 6, No. 78 (C-102); vol. 4, No. 46 (C-6); vol. 9, No. 153 (C-288); vol. 9, No. 228 (C-303).
Lucas Kevin A.
McGill Ian R.
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
Rutledge L. Dewayne
Schumaker David W.
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