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(11) EP 0 269 005 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.06.1988 Bulletin 1988/22

(21) Application number: 87117097.3

(22) Date of filing: 19.11.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4C23C 2/06, C23C 2/26, C23C 2/28, C23C 4/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 21.11.1986 JP 278171/86
21.11.1986 JP 278173/86
21.11.1986 JP 278174/86
21.11.1986 JP 278175/86
21.11.1986 JP 278176/86
21.11.1986 JP 278177/86
03.04.1987 JP 81059/87
03.04.1987 JP 81061/87
03.04.1987 JP 81063/87

(71) Applicants:
  • NIPPON MINING & METALS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Nikko Aen Kabushiki Kaisha
    Kurobe-shi Toyama-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tomita, Masatoshi c/o Nikko Aen Kabushiki Kaisha
    Toyama-ken (JP)
  • Yamamoto, Susumu c/o Nikko Aen Kabushiki Kaisha
    Toyama-ken (JP)
  • Tominaga, Chikara c/o Nippon Mining Co.,Ltd.
    Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwan, Gerhard, Dipl.-Ing. 
Elfenstrasse 32
81739 München
81739 München (DE)


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    (54) Colored zinc coating


    (57) A method of forming a colored zinc coating on an iron or steel sur­face in which a base metal of iron or steel is coated by hot-dipping in a bath or or spraying with a zinc alloy containing 0 1 - 2.0 wt % Ti and optionally up to 5.9 wt % Pb, up to 0.2 wt % Cd, up to 4.0 wt % Mn, up to 4.0 wt % Cn, up to 4.0 wt % Cr, up to 4.0 wt % Ni, up to 0.05 wt % Sn, up to 0.05 wt % Bi, up to 0.05 wt % Sb, up to 0.05 wt % In, balance Zn.





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