Patent ID: 7829194
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: C22C,C23C,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A corrosion resistant electrically conductive component, comprising: an alloy substrate comprising 10-30 wt. % Cr, 0.5 to 7 wt. % V, and base metal comprising Fe; and a continuous intermixed oxide-nitride surface layer essentially free of base metal comprising at least one nitride selected from the group consisting of chromium nitride, vanadium nitride, and a combination of chromium nitride and vanadium nitride, wherein a contact resistance of said component is less than 20 mohm-cm wherein said continuous intermixed oxide-nitride surface layer comprises chromium and a vanadium phase selected from the group consisting of vanadium oxide, vanadium nitride, chromium vanadium nitride, vanadium-doped chromium oxide, and a combination thereof.