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Title: Ultra-fast boriding of metal surfaces for improved properties

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1350957

A method of ultra-fast boriding of a metal surface. The method includes the step of providing a metal component, providing a molten electrolyte having boron components therein, providing an electrochemical boriding system including an induction furnace, operating the induction furnace to establish a high temperature for the molten electrolyte, and boriding the metal surface to achieve a boride layer on the metal surface.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
8,951,402
Application Number:
13/666,528
OSTI ID:
1350957
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Nov 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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