Inventors:
Mark Crowley - Pittsburgh PA, US
J. Bryant - Murrysville PA, US
David Leon - Murrysville PA, US
Jacob Kallivayalil - Pittsburgh PA, US
Joseph Genito - Lower Burrell PA, US
Patricia Stewart - Pittsburgh PA, US
Dorothy Schrall - Natrona Heights PA, US
Larry Wieserman - Apollo PA, US
Larry Davis - Richmond VA, US
International Classification:
B05D007/00
US Classification:
075/415000, 427/212000, 428/613000, 428/403000, 164/097000, 428/570000
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to porous metal products including ceramic particles, where the initial surface layer () of the particles () is modified with agents that interact with surface oxygen, oxides and/or hydroxides to improve the wettability of particles within a molten metal alloy, and where the ceramic particles () are modified () by contacting the particles with a surface-modifying agent and heating the ceramic particles and surface-modifying agent to an elevated temperature at which the ceramic particle remains substantially stable and the surface-modifying agent becomes at least partially thermally unstable, to cause a reacted layer ().