FORMING PROTECTIVE FILMS ON METAL

Patent · Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4247246

Gurinsky, D H; Kammerer, O F; Sadofsky, J; Weeks, J R

Methods are described of inhibiting the corrosion of ferrous metal by contact with heavy liquid metals such as bismuth and gallium at temperatures above 500 icient laborato C generally by bringing nltrogen and either the metal zirconium, hafnium, or titanium into reactlve contact with the ferrous metal to form a thin adherent layer of the nitride of the metal and thereafter maintaining a fractional percentage of the metal absorbed in the heavy liquid metal in contact with the ferrous metal container. The general purpose for uslng such high boiling liquid metals in ferrous contalners would be as heat transfer agents in liquid-metal-fueled nuclear reactors.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-13-008436
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 2864731
• OSTI ID: 4247246
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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