Published February 9, 1988 | Version v1
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Ion-implantation of zirconium and its alloys

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Description

This patent describes a method for improving the corrosion resistance of zirconium alloy components. The zirconium alloy has less than 15% by weight additions of metals from the group consisting of columbium, tantalum and vanadium, by ion implantation of the surface of such components with ions of one or more elements from the group consisting of carbon and nitrogen

Availability note (English)

U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
vp.
IPC:
Int. Cl. C22C 3/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. C22C 3/00.
Patent number
US patent document 4,724,016/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19062358
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ION IMPLANTATION; NITROGEN; TANTALUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; ELEMENTS; METALS; NONMETALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS