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• C - Chemistrymetallurgy
• C23C - Coating metallic materialcoating material with metallic materialsurface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitutioncoating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general
• C23C 8/78 - Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfacesChemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using solids, e.g. powders, pastes more than one element being applied in more than one step

Patent holdings for IPC class C23C 8/78

Total number of patents in this class: 3

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