METHOD OF TREATING SURFACE TO PROTECT THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of increasing the resistance of reactor systems to degradative processes such as carburization, halide stress corrosion cracking, metal dusting (a corrosive phenomenon by carburization) and/or coking.SOLUTION: There are provided: a method of treating a substrate by applying a layer of at least one metal to the substrate to form an applied metal layer on the substrate and followed by curing of the applied metal layer at sub-atmospheric pressure to form a metal protective layer; a method of treating a substrate by applying a layer of at least one metal to a substrate of an unassembled component of a reactor system to form an applied metal layer on the substrate of the unassembled component; and a method of treating a substrate by applying a layer of at least one metal to the substrate to form an applied metal layer, curing the applied metal layer at a first temperature and pressure for a first period of time, and curing the applied metal layer at a second temperature and pressure for a second period of time, wherein the curing forms a metal protective layer.