Steel article having a disordered silicon carboxynitride coating, and method of preparing the coating.

摘要

Disclosed is a coated steel article, e.g., a stainless steel article, having a corrosion resistant coating of disordered silicon carboxynitride over at least a portion of the steel surface. Also disclosed is a method of forming an adherent, ductile, disordered silicon carboxynitride coating on a steel substrate by glow discharge deposition.