Abstract:
THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY THE TENSILE STRENGTH, OR ARTICLES COMPRISING A LAYER OF BORON ON A METALLIC, PARTICULARLY TUNGSTEN, CORE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY INPROVED BY A TREATMENT COMPRISING IMMERSION IN AN AQUEOUS ACID BATH CONTAINING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND APPLICATION OF A POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A METALLIC CATHODE AND THE ARTICLE AS ANODE.