Abstract:
Methods for passivating stainless steel after acid pickling treatment in the absence of nitric acid are provided. The methods include the steps of cleaning the pickled stainless steel with an alkaline composition to obtain clean steel, activating the clean steel with an activator composition to obtain activated steel, and passivating the activated steel with a passivating composition in the absence of nitric acid. In the preferred embodiment, the activator composition contains at least one activator, the activator having a significantly higher binding affinity for iron than for chromium as evidenced by their metal complex formation constants.
Abstract:
This invention includes improvements to a method for forming a chemical conversion coating on ferrous metal substrates, to the chemical solutions used in the coating and to the articles coated thereby. A first oxidation applies a molecular iron/oxygen-enriched intermediate coating, such as a dicarboxylate or phosphate, to a ferrous substrate. A coloring procedure (a second oxidation) follows the first oxidation procedure, using a heated oxidizing solution that reacts with the iron and oxygen enriched intermediate coating to form magnetite (Fe3O4). The result is the formation of a brown or black finish. An appropriate rust preventive topcoat may seal the substrate. The finish affords protection, a degree of lubricity to aid assembly, break-in of sliding surfaces, provides anti-galling protection and an adherent base for paint finishes. Improvements to the first oxidation include a broader range of operating conditions, the addition of a hydroxylamine accelerator or a wetting agent, and operation by slurry deposition. Improvements to the second oxidation include a broader range of operating conditions, and the addition of a sequestrant or thio-based accelerator.
Abstract:
Alkyl-substituted hydroxylamines are useful as aids in the phosphating of metal substrates. In particular, the rate of phosphating and the rate at which manganese compounds are dissolved into aqueous phosphoric acid solutions may be accelerated by alkyl-substituted hydroxylamines.