Coated metal articles and method of making

Patent · Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:920043

Boller, Ernest R ^[1]; Eubank, Lowell D ^[2]

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1. Van Buren Township, IN
2. Wilmington, DE

The method of protectively coating metallic uranium which comprises dipping the metallic uranium in a molten alloy comprising about 20-75% of copper and about 80-25% of tin, dipping the coated uranium promptly into molten tin, withdrawing it from the molten tin and removing excess molten metal, thereupon dipping it into a molten metal bath comprising aluminum until it is coated with this metal, then promptly withdrawing it from the bath.

• Sponsoring Organization: United States Department of Energy
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 6,760,396
• Application Number: 02/645,467
• OSTI ID: 920043
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English