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Title: Process for forming a metal compound coating on a substrate

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5901017

This patent describes a method of coating a substrate with a thin layer of a metal compound by forming a dispersion of an electrophoretically active organic colloid and a precursor of the metal compound in an electrolytic cell in which the substrate is an electrode. Upon application of an electric potential, the electrode is coated with a mixture of the organic colloid and the precursor to the metal compound, and the coated substrate is then heated in the presence of an atmosphere or vacuum to decompose the organic colloid and form a coating of either a combination of metal compound and carbon, or optionally forming a porous metal compound coating by heating to a temperature high enough to chemically react the carbon.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4995947; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-213012
OSTI ID:
5901017
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 29 Jun 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English