Absorbing coating, its process of manufacture and covering obtained with the aid of this coating

• US 5,148,172 A
• Filed: 01/13/1989
• Issued: 09/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique (AES Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique (AES Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumurdjian, Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): Hellner, Mark
• Application Number:
  US07/300,649
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 342/1, 427/180, 427/196, 428/402, 428/403, 428/407, 428/457
• US Class Current: 342/1
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 5/32 Radiation-absorbing paints protection against X-, gamma- or corpuscular radiation G21F

Abstract

Absorbing coating, its process of manufacture and covering obtained with the aid of this coating.

The coating is characterized in that it comprises a binder (34) and a load consisting of chips (C) consisting of a stack of thin layers, this stack being capable of absorbing an electromagnetic radiation.

Application in microwaves, infrared etc.

Claims

1. Coating comprising a binder (34) and a load including chips with at least one thin layer capable of absorbing a electromagnetic radiation and wherein the thin layer is a stack of thin layers (12, 14, . . . , 22, 24), this stack being capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation.

2. Coating according to claim 1, characterized in that the stack of thin layers includes a stack of alternately amorphous magnetic (14, 18, 22) and electrically insulating (12, 16, 20, 24) layers.

3. Coating according to claim 2, characterized in that the amorphous magnetic material is a ferromagnetic material having a high magnetic permeability.

4. Coating according to claim 3, characterized in that the magnetic material is an alloy of cobalt and of at least one element selected within the group comprising zirconium and niobium.

5. Coating according to claim 1, characterized in that the stack of layers includes an interferential and/or loss absorption system.

6. Coating according to claim 1, characterized in that each chip consists of a stack of layers which are transparent to the radiation, the refractive index of these layers alternating.

10. Covering, characterized in that it comprises at least one layer of coating (32) according to any one of claims 2 to 8.

11. Covering according to claim 10, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of layers of different coatings (41, 42, 43).

12. Covering according to claim 11, characterized in that each layer possesses a specific range of absorption.

7. Coating comprising a binder (34) and a load including chips, each chip having at least one thin layer capable of absorbing an electromagnetic radiation and wherein the coating comprises various types of chips (C1, C2, C3) having different absorption characteristics.

8. Process for the manufacture of a coating having a binder and a load including chips with at least one thin layer capable of absorbing an electromagnetic radiation, wherein the thin layer is a stack of thin layers, the stack being capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation (X₁) characterized in that it comprises the following operations:

a stack (11) of thin layers is deposited on a substrate (10) under vacuum, this stack being capable of absorbing an electromagnetic radiation,

this stack is splintered in order to reduce it to chips,

the chips (C) are mixed with a binder (34) (X₂).

9. Process according to claim 8, characterized in that a stack of alternately amorphous magnetic (14, 18, 22) and electrically insulating (12, 16, 20, 24) layers is deposited on the substrate (10) under vacuum, and in that, after having splintered the stack, the chips obtained are placed in an oven and a magnetic field is applied to them.