Patent ID: 8512872
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: C23C,C25D

Abstract:
1. A sealed anodized metal comprising: a metallic substrate comprising a first metal; an anodic region contiguous with at least a portion of the metallic substrate, the anodic region having a plurality of cells comprising an amorphous first metal oxide, each of the plurality of cells having a pore with a pore filler in at least a portion thereof, the pore filler comprising at least one of a crystalline transition metal oxide, a crystalline precious metal oxide, a metalloid oxide, an alkali earth metal oxide, and an alkali metal oxide; and a seal region adjacent to at least a portion of the anodic region, the seal region comprising at least one of a crystalline first metal oxide, a crystalline precious metal oxide, a crystalline alkali metal oxide, a crystalline first metal hydroxide, a crystalline precious metal hydroxide, and a crystalline alkali metal hydroxide.