Global Patent Index - EP 0171817 A2

EP 0171817 A2 19860219 - Composition and process for electrodepositing a Zn or Zn/Si/P coating on metal substrates.

Title (en)

Composition and process for electrodepositing a Zn or Zn/Si/P coating on metal substrates.

Title (de)

Zusammensetzung und Verfahren für das Elektroplattieren einer Zn- oder Zn-Si-P-Beschichtung auf Metallsubstraten.

Title (fr)

Composition et procédé de dépÔt électrolytique d'un revêtement de Zn ou de Zn-Si-P sur des substrats métalliques.

Publication

EP 0171817 A2 19860219 (EN)

Application

EP 85110271 A 19850816

Priority

  • US 64155784 A 19840816
  • US 75342085 A 19850710
  • US 75772185 A 19850725

Abstract (en)

The present invention provides an aqueous composition and process for electrodespositing a layer of a ductile, strongly adhering, adsorptive and/or absorptive zinc coating or zinc coating comprising silicon and phosphorous on a metal substrate. The electrodeposition composition is preparer by reacting metallic silicon and zinc with phosphoric acid and an alkali metal hydroxide in the ratio of between 0,4 and 1,3 moles of alkali metal hydroxide per mole of phosphorus acid, and adjusting the solution to a pH of 1 or higher after completion of the reaction. The coating is deposited on the metal substrate by electrodeposition and comprises about 70 to 99.5% by weight of zinc, and about 0,1 to 10% by weight of silicon, and about 0,5 to 20% by weight of phoshorus. The resulting Zn/Si/P coating improves the resistance of the metal substrate to corrosion, wear, galling, stress corrosion cracking and cracking during mechanical forming operations. While essentially all metals of industrial importance may be coated, this process is especially important for ferrous metals, steels, stainless steels, copper, aluminium, chromium and titanium.

IPC 1-7

C25D 3/22; C25D 3/56

IPC 8 full level

C25D 3/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C25D 3/565 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB IT LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0171817 A2 19860219; EP 0171817 A3 19881109; AU 4576685 A 19860220; CA 1249790 A 19890207; IL 75974 A0 19851231

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85110271 A 19850816; AU 4576685 A 19850805; CA 488095 A 19850805; IL 7597485 A 19850731