Abstract:
A dark-colored, wave-length selective oxide film on aluminum is prepared thereby that the metal subsequent to a cleaning treatment is submerged into a bath consisting of an aqueous solution having pH 8.9-10.9 and at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C. under conditions which result in an electrode potential of between -1.1 and -0.6 volt relative to a saturated calomel electrode. The said potential can advantageously be maintained by either addition of H.sub.2 O.sub.2 to the bath or by electric polarization. In a more specific embodiment of the process there is used an aqueous solution of 1-100 g NH.sub.4 Cl or (NH.sub.4).sub.2 SO.sub.4 per liter solution with or without addition of aluminate ions AlO.sub.2 -- or Ca.sup.++, the pH of the solution, if necessary, being adjusted to pH 9 by addition of NH.sub.3, NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH).sub.2 and that the content of silicon, chromium and phosphorus each is maintained under 10 ppm.
Abstract:
In an acidic aqueous coating solution which contains zirconium, hafnium or titanium, and fluoride and which is effective in forming on an aluminum surface a non-chromate coating to which overlying coatings adhere tightly and which is corrosion resistant and resists being discolored when subjected to hot water, the improvement comprising including in said coating solution a combination of surfactants in an amount such that a coating formed from the surfactant-containing coating solution has an improved tendency to resist being discolored by hot water.
Abstract:
A method for making a selective absorption film for solar energy which comprises immersing aluminum or its alloy in water which contains at least two members selected from phosphate ions, fluoride ions and triethanolamine, and optionally ions of a metal selected from copper, iron, cobalt, silver and a mixture thereof thereby forming a chemical conversion film which shows a great absorptivity and a small emissivity.
Abstract:
A process for the production of a laminate which comprises laminating a boehmite- or pseudoboehmite-treated aluminum foil with an oxidation-treated polyolefin film with the treated surface of the foil facing to the treated surface of the film under heat and pressure without the use of binders for lamination. In one embodiment, the laminate so produced may be laminated with the same laminate with the treated surface of the foil of the former facing to the treated surface of the film of the latter, under heat and pressure, or it may be laminated on the aluminum foil side with a resin film, such as a polyester or polyamide film, with the use of a binder between the aluminum foil and the resin film.
Abstract:
A chromium-free treatment for aluminum imparts corrosion resistance and paint receptivity to the surface. The process is sequential and includes a first contact with an aqueous alkaline solution (pH above 10) containing complexed iron ion, water rinsing, and then contact with an aqueous acidic organic tannin-containing composition.
Abstract:
To provide a substrate of aluminum with a dark surface layer of high absorption/emission ratio for luminous energy, the degreased and pickled substrate is immersed in a hot chromating bath until an oxide coating of not more than 2.5.mu. thickness is formed thereon. This coating is then colored black in a hot, acidic dyeing solution (pH between about 0.5 and 5) of potassium permanganate and a nitrate of cobalt or copper.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of pretreating an aluminum surface for the resistance welding thereof wherein an oxide coating is formed on the aluminum surface having a controlled electrical resistance and then the oxidized surface is stabilized by treatment with a hot aqueous alkaline solution containing long chain carboxylic acids.
Abstract:
An improved highly simplified method of lubricating an aluminum workpiece for subsequent working wherein a coating of complex alkaline earth metal aluminates is first formed and then a suitable lubricant is applied to the coating.
Abstract:
Methods and compositions are provided for dyeing and sealing, or sealing without dyeing, aluminum oxide coatings. Used for this purpose are aqueous compositions containing disodium 4dodecylated oxydibenzene sulfonate and one or more hydrolyzable metallic salts, typically of the metals Ni, Co, Pb, Sn, Al, Cr, Cu, Mn, Fe and Bi. If dyeing is to be effected, the dye is included in the sealing composition.