US 7,572,313 B2
Ternary carbide and nitride composites having tribological applications and methods of making same
Thirumalai G. Palanisamy, Morristown, N.J. (US); Surojit Gupta, Philadelphia, Pa. (US); Michel Barsoum, Moorestown, N.J. (US); and Chien-Wei Li, Livingston, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa. (US)
Filed on May 10, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/127,524.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/575040, filed on May 26, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0262965 A1, Dec. 01, 2005
Int. Cl. C22C 29/02 (2006.01); C22C 29/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 75—241  [75/244; 75/247; 428/627] 10 Claims
 
1. A turbomachinery component, comprising:
a substrate having a surface, the surface consisting essentially of at least one composite of at least one metal and at least one compound having the chemical formula Mn+1AXn,
wherein the at least one metal comprises at least one soft metal selected from the group consisting of silver and gold, and
wherein M is at least one early transition metal selected from groups IIIB, IVB, VB, and VIB, A is at least one element selected from groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, and VIIA, X is one or both of carbon and nitrogen, and n is an integer between 1 and 3, and the at least one compound does not include Ti2AlN.