Radiation mitigated articles and methods of making the same

• Main Authors: POPE, STEPHEN GERARD, SCHAEFFER, JON CONRAD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.07.2013
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

Articles comprising a substrate (110); a thermal barrier coating (120) disposed on the substrate, the thermal barrier coating (120) comprising a radioactive element (130), the radioactive element (130) having a base radiation emission; and a radiation inhibitor (140) disposed in or on the thermal barrier coating (120), or a combination thereof, the thermal barrier coating (120) and radiation inhibitor (140) having a mitigated radiation emission, wherein the mitigated radiation emission is lower than the base radiation emission and a method of making the same.