US1590101A - Process of coating iron and iron alloys with chromium - Google Patents
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- object for example an aluminium-plated.
- the inventor solved the problem of coating iron and iron alloys with chromium by artifioially producing at least a superficial zone free or nearly free of carbon in or on the iron body to be coated. This may be done in different ways, for examplei by providing the carbon steel with a layer 0 pure or low carbon iron efore plating it with chromium,
- a satisfactor coating of chromium on 11011 and lts al oys is to be obtained only when the iron core is free of carbon or its carbon content is so low as not to prevent chromium from entering the superficial zone of the core by diffuslon during the tempering process. It has been shown by the inventor that as a rule iron and its alloys with other metals with a carbon content -less than 0.1% may readily be chromium-plated and tempered without any in- ,termediary layer.
- the steel whi is to be chrome-plated is first-electroplated or otherwise coated with a layer of iron free of carbon or of iron with a very low carbon-content, then coated with chromium, preferably by electroplating, then heated to a convenient high temperature (l000'1300 Cels.) in vacuo .or in an inert gas (hydrogen nitrogen etc.) so as to avoid oxidation and to cause the chrothe steel a in it and forming mixed crystals with iron .and chromium, then coating it with chromium (preferably electroplating) and then heating it as specified above. There may also be inserted a tempering process between these coating operations.
- the procedure which is to be followed depends on the anticorrosive and mechanicalproperties and the thickness desired for the special purpose (for instance valves, cylinders, spokes, shafts for automobiles, parts resistent to chemical action).
- the iron coating applied last should not yet have been sufiiciently mixed with the last chromium coating during the last tempering process and thus not have wholly formed the resistive mixed crystals, the surplus iron on the surface may be readily removed by the action of acids without any injury to the high chromium alloy below.
- mium coated iron bodies are to be used for apparatus, 111 which they are exposed to high temperatures, for instance as parts of a f gas turbine driven by explosive mixtures, it is not. necessary to artificially temper the bodies previously because in such cases a naltiural tempering will happen automatica y- It will be readily understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details of the procedure described above as examples and that these may be easily modified in many waysby experts within the range of my claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.
- the process of coating iron containing bodies with chromium comprising producing a superficial zoneof iron with a small percentage of carbon on. the body to be coated, coating the body with chromium and tempering the coated body.
Description
Patented 1 June i926.
'UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.
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No Drawing Application fled larch 28, 1825,
object, for example an aluminium-plated.
copper sheet, is exposed for the purpose ofincreasin the density and adherence of the coating. n a publication of this well known process ismentioned the possibility of treating iron and 'steel by coating them with 'those metals which are already used in the manufacture of high grade alloy steels such as tungsten, nickel, molybdenum, chromium etc;
It is also a well known fact that iron forms mixed crystals (solid solutions) with chromium; iron-chromium alloys have been manufactured ,for a long time and it was to be expected that the possibility mentioned above could be realized. I
However experiments of the inventor have shown that satisfactory chromium coatin 's of iron and steel were-not to be ob: tamed by the well known method. The coatings obtained were more or less brittle and did not adhere well to the core.'-
Extensive experimental researches of the inventor have shown that th carbon content ofthe iron or iron alloys of manufacture were the reason of the failure. This fact was most clearly demonstrated by aplying the process to high-carbon steels. n electroplating them with chromium and heating them to a suitable temperature, extremely brittle coatings are obtained'which very often crack immediately on removing the chromium-plated objects from theheat or separatejas brittle films, leaving an irre ular surface on the core. Experiments of the inventor have shown that this hitherto unknown disturbing eflect of carbon is due to the presence of cementite'orranothernmixed chromium-iron-carbide formed at high temperatures, which prevents the difiusion of chromium into the core.
Using the aforesaid results of experiment, the inventor solved the problem of coating iron and iron alloys with chromium by artifioially producing at least a superficial zone free or nearly free of carbon in or on the iron body to be coated. This may be done in different ways, for examplei by providing the carbon steel with a layer 0 pure or low carbon iron efore plating it with chromium,
mm m. 11,807, and in Germany m as, 1923.-
thus making possible the diffusion of chro mium into the surface on heating, which results in a uniform ductile and adherent coating of high chromium steel, the chrom um content of which may raise up to pure chromium on the surface.
-Tl 1e process is not limited to chromium coating of iron with a low or mediumcarbon content; experiments show that even in its application'tolow carbon steels or alloysteels an intermediary layer of metal free from carbon yields considerably improved chromium coatings.
The discovery of the injurious influence of carbon further showed the conditions under which it is possible to obtain directly a satisfactory coating of chromium on iron and its alloys.
A satisfactor coating of chromium on 11011 and lts al oys is to be obtained only when the iron core is free of carbon or its carbon content is so low as not to prevent chromium from entering the superficial zone of the core by diffuslon during the tempering process. It has been shown by the inventor that as a rule iron and its alloys with other metals with a carbon content -less than 0.1% may readily be chromium-plated and tempered without any in- ,termediary layer.
The process according to this invention may be carried out according to the fol lowing detailed s ecifications:
The steel whi is to be chrome-plated is first-electroplated or otherwise coated with a layer of iron free of carbon or of iron with a very low carbon-content, then coated with chromium, preferably by electroplating, then heated to a convenient high temperature (l000'1300 Cels.) in vacuo .or in an inert gas (hydrogen nitrogen etc.) so as to avoid oxidation and to cause the chrothe steel a in it and forming mixed crystals with iron .and chromium, then coating it with chromium (preferably electroplating) and then heating it as specified above. There may also be inserted a tempering process between these coating operations.
' One may also proceed as follows: Coat the steel with chromium first, then coat with 'iron, then temper, or alternately coat the iron coated steel with chromium and iron and then temper. In this way also a very resistent and adherent coating is obtained, which becomes thicker in a comparatively shorter time, the chromium having a chance to diffuse in two directions. The procedure which is to be followed depends on the anticorrosive and mechanicalproperties and the thickness desired for the special purpose (for instance valves, cylinders, spokes, shafts for automobiles, parts resistent to chemical action). If in any of these latter processes the iron coating applied last should not yet have been sufiiciently mixed with the last chromium coating during the last tempering process and thus not have wholly formed the resistive mixed crystals, the surplus iron on the surface may be readily removed by the action of acids without any injury to the high chromium alloy below. I
All ways of carrying out such processes which involve alternating coatings with the production of a metal layer (for instance iron) free or nearly free of carbon and chromium and alternating, repeated tempering, are to be regarded as consistent with the spirit of" this invention. Probably the advantage of one or the other of these methods consists in that the velocity of diffusion of iron into chromium seems to be much higher than the reverse. If the chro-.
mium coated iron bodies are to be used for apparatus, 111 which they are exposed to high temperatures, for instance as parts of a f gas turbine driven by explosive mixtures, it is not. necessary to artificially temper the bodies previously because in such cases a naltiural tempering will happen automatica y- It will be readily understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details of the procedure described above as examples and that these may be easily modified in many waysby experts within the range of my claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.
' What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by patent is:
l. The process" of coating iron containing bodies with chromium comprising producing a superficial zoneof iron with a small percentage of carbon on. the body to be coated, coating the body with chromium and tempering the coated body.
2. The process of coating bodies with chromium comprising producing a superficial iron zone with at most 0.1% of carbon on the body to be coated, coating the body with chromium and tempering the coated body.
3. The process of coating bodies of iron or iron'alloys with chromium comprising producing on the body to becoated a superficial iron zone with a small percentage of carbon, electrolytically depositing a chromium coating on the body and tempering the coated body.
4. The process of coating bodies of iron or iron alloys with chromium comprising producing on the body to be coated a superficial iron zone with at most 0.1% of carbon,
on the surface so obtained producing a chrom um coating and tempering the coated body.
6. The process of coating bodies of iron or iron alloys with chromium comprising coating the body with a metal substantially ree of carbon, on the surface so obtained producing a chromium coating, producing another coating of a, metal substantially free of carbon on the chromium surface and tempering the coated body.
In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.
.SPIRO KYROPOULOS, PH. 1).
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US2555372A (en) * | 1944-10-02 | 1951-06-05 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Method of coating refractory readily oxidizable metals |
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