Nickel-Chromium-Silicon Based Coatings: 9,879,339

A method of depositing Ni--Cr and Si coatings onto a turbine component comprising supplying a Ni--Cr target and Si target with a dual-gun magnetron sputtering system; introducing inert gas and negatively biasing the magnet assembly; grounding or negatively biasing the turbine component to be coated; rotating the turbine component, wherein the turbine component has a surface; and forming a Ni--Cr and Si coating on the component surface.