摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turbine blade coating system that is capable of protecting turbine blades susceptible to water droplet erosion and corrosion damage. <P>SOLUTION: A protective coating is provided to a metal surface by applying a nickel or tantalum plate layer to the metal surface and dispersing particles of a hard material such as diamond, alumina, vanadium nitride, tantalum carbide, and/or tungsten carbide within the nickel or tantalum plate layer as the plating is occurring. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |