Abstract:
An exceptionally effective chromium free corrosion protective surface treatment composition for aluminum and its alloys is an aqueous acidic liquid comprising water and: (A) from about 0.8 to about 1.2 w/o of H2ZrF6; (B) from about 0.08 to about 0.12 w/o of dispersed silica; (C) from about 0.08 to about 0.12 w/o of a water soluble or dispersible polymer of 3-(N-methyl-N-2-hydroxyethyl-aminomethyl)-4-hydroxystyrene; and (D) from 0.10 - 0.15 w/o of 1-propoxy-2-propanol. The surface to be treated is contacted with the composition and then dried without rinsing. A conventional organic coating may advantageously be applied over the surface produced by this treatment.
Abstract:
Heating an aqueous mixture of a fluoroacid such as H2TiF6 and an oxide, hydroxide, and/or carbonate such as silica produces a clear mixture with long term stability against settling of any solid phase, even when the oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate phase before heating was a dispersed solid with sufficiently large particles to scatter light and make the mixture before heating cloudy. The clear mixture produced by heating can either be mixed with water soluble and/or water dispersible polymers, for example with dispersed polymers of the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A or an acrylic acid polymer, or with soluble hexavalent and/or trivalent chromium, to produce a composition that improves the corrosion resistance of metals treated with the composition, especially after subsequent painting.
Abstract:
Heating an aqueous mixture of a fluoroacid such as H2TiF6 and an oxide, hydroxide, and/or carbonate such as silica produces a clear mixture with long term stability against settling of any solid phase, even when the oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate phase before heating was a dispersed solid with sufficiently large particles to scatter light and make the mixture before heating cloudy. The clear mixture produced by heating can either be mixed with water soluble and/or water dispersible polymers that are polyhydroxyalkylamino-substituted polymers and/or copolymers of p^_-vinyl phenol, or with soluble hexavalent and/or trivalent chromium, to produce a composition that improves the corrosion resistance of metals treated with the composition, especially after subsequent painting.