Claims
- 1. An alloy component having an oxide film formed on its surface, said oxide film having atoms of a metal incorporated therein by a process comprising the step of immersing said alloy surface in high-temperature water in which a compound containing said metal is dissolved, said metal having the property of increasing the corrosion resistance of said alloy when incorporated in said oxide film, said compound having the property that it decomposes in said high-temperature water to release atoms of said metal which incorporate in said oxide film.
- 2. The alloy component as defined in claim 1, wherein said metal is a platinum group metal.
- 3. The alloy component as defined in claim 2, wherein said platinum group metal is palladium.
- 4. The alloy component as defined in claim 1, wherein a mixture of palladium and rhodium is used.
- 5. An alloy component according to claim 1, wherein the metal is present in the oxide layer in an amount of about 0.1-15 atomic percent.
- 6. A component according to claim 5, wherein the metal is present in the oxide surface in an amount of about 2-5 atomic percent.
- 7. An alloy component according to claim 1, wherein the depth of metal incorporated into the oxide surface is in the range of 100-1,000 Angstroms.
- 8. An alloy component according to claim 7, wherein the metal incorporated into the surface is at a depth of about 200-500 Angstroms.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a Rule 60 Division of application Ser. No. 08/635,593, filed Apr. 22, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,818,893, which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/143,513, filed Oct. 29, 1993 (incorporated by reference) and now abandoned.
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