EP0622478A1 - Verfahren zur Elektroplattierung eines Zinklegierungsüberzuges auf ein Stahlsubstrat und so beschichtetes Stahlsubstrat - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Elektroplattierung eines Zinklegierungsüberzuges auf ein Stahlsubstrat und so beschichtetes Stahlsubstrat Download PDF

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EP0622478A1
EP0622478A1 EP94400625A EP94400625A EP0622478A1 EP 0622478 A1 EP0622478 A1 EP 0622478A1 EP 94400625 A EP94400625 A EP 94400625A EP 94400625 A EP94400625 A EP 94400625A EP 0622478 A1 EP0622478 A1 EP 0622478A1
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Isabelle Marolleau
Marie Lombardi
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    • C25ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25DPROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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    • C25D3/565Electroplating: Baths therefor from solutions of alloys containing more than 50% by weight of zinc

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  • the present invention relates to a method of electrodeposition on a surface of a steel substrate of a coating of a zinc-based metal alloy.
  • the present invention also relates to a coated steel material comprising a steel substrate and a coating layer of a zinc-based metal alloy.
  • a layer of a zinc-based alloy such as for example of the zinc / nickel, zinc / aluminum, or zinc / cobalt type deposited on a steel substrate has an excellent protective activity for said substrate against corrosion.
  • steel materials coated with a zinc / nickel alloy are widely useful as corrosion resistant materials in the field of motor vehicles, household appliances and building materials, in particular for building.
  • steel sheets coated with a layer of zinc on one side and a coating layer of a zinc-nickel alloy on the other side are commonly used.
  • the first so-called cosmetic corrosion initiated mainly by mechanical aggression of the scratching or gravel type, can bring the bare steel into contact with the external atmosphere.
  • the second so-called perforating corrosion most often occurs in the hollow bodies and progresses from the inside to the outside of the body.
  • an electrodeposition process which consists in passing said substrate through an electrolyte bath containing zinc ions and nickel ions in chloride medium or in sulphate medium.
  • the bath can have the following composition: ZnCl2: 2 to 3 moles per liter NiCl2: 0.2 to 1 mole per liter The rest being demineralized water or not, Bath temperature 50 to 70 ° C, pH: 4 to 5.
  • the current density is adjusted to obtain the desired percentage of nickel in the zinc / nickel alloy (usually of the order of 12% nickel).
  • the zinc / nickel alloy coating thus electrodeposited has a relatively deplorable adhesion property.
  • one solution consists in depositing a first layer of nickel coating by chemical deposition by dipping without electric current, then depositing a layer of zinc / nickel alloy by electrodeposition on the first previously deposited nickel layer.
  • the adhesion of the coating is better than in the case of a deposit by direct electrodeposition, but it is not completely satisfactory.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to avoid the drawbacks mentioned above by proposing a method of electrodeposition on a surface of a steel substrate of a layer of a coating of a zinc-based metal alloy, of the type ZnX, of which X is the second element of this alloy, which ensures good adhesion of the coating to said steel substrate, without producing a coating layer by chemical dip coating.
  • the subject of the invention is therefore a method of electrodeposition on a surface of a steel substrate of a coating layer of a zinc-based metal alloy, of the ZnX type, X being the second element of this alloy, characterized in that it is deposited between the surface of the substrate and the coating layer of said alloy, an undercoating layer of said alloy with a percentage of said element X such that the reduction potential of said alloy of said undercoating layer with respect to a saturated calomel electrode is greater than or equal to or substantially less than the release potential of the hydrogen on the steel of the substrate, to obtain the percentage of the second element X desired.
  • the invention also relates to a coated steel material comprising a steel substrate and a coating layer of a zinc-based metal alloy of the ZnX type, X being the second element of this alloy, said coating layer being deposited by electrodeposition on a surface of said substrate, characterized in that it comprises between the surface of the substrate and the coating layer, a layer of under coating of said alloy with a percentage of the second element X such that the reduction potential of said alloy of the undercoating layer with respect to a saturated calomel electrode is greater than or equal to or substantially less than the potential for evolution of hydrogen on the substrate steel.
  • the subject of the invention is also a coated steel material comprising a steel substrate and a coating layer of a zinc / nickel alloy with 12% nickel, said coating layer being deposited by electrodeposition on a surface of said substrate, characterized in that it comprises between the surface of the substrate and the coating layer, an undercoating layer of zinc / nickel alloy with 24% nickel and, on said undercoating layer, an intermediate layer undercoating of zinc / nickel alloy with 18% nickel.
  • the invention will be described for a zinc-based metal alloy of the ZnX type, the second element X of this alloy being nickel, but which can also be, for example, iron, cobalt or chromium.
  • the metal substrate is polarized to bring it to the reduction potential of the alloy to be deposited, that is to say that said substrate is polarized at the potential of -0.95 V / Ecs in the case of the zinc / nickel alloy with 12% nickel.
  • the electrodeposition taking place in an aqueous acid medium for example in a bath containing ZnCl2, KCl, NiCl2 and H20 the pH of the solution is very acidic and there is a large number of H+ ions in solution.
  • the hydrogen degassed in the form of bubbles and often these bubbles of hydrogen are formed below the coating layer preventing it from adhering to the surface of the metal substrate.
  • Test pieces were coated with a coating layer of a zinc / nickel alloy with 12% nickel and a thickness of 6 ⁇ m.
  • test pieces were electrodeposited, between the surface of the substrate and the coating layer of zinc / nickel alloy, of a layer of under coating of zinc / nickel alloy with a thickness of 0.04 ⁇ m with a different percentage of nickel depending on the test pieces.
  • test pieces were the subject of electrodeposition, between the layer of undercoating of zinc / nickel alloy and the layer of coating of zinc / nickel alloy, of an intermediate layer of undercoating of a zinc alloy / nickel with a thickness of 0.04 ⁇ m, with a different percentage of nickel.
  • the adhesion was classified in a range of 1 to 5, the coefficient 1 being reserved for the total tearing of the coating, the coefficient 5 has no tearing and the coefficients 2 to 4 according to the degree of tearing.
  • test 1 a coating layer of zinc / nickel alloy with 12% nickel was directly electrodeposited on the surface of the steel substrate.
  • the substrate was polarized to bring it to - 0.95V / DHW, potential for reduction of the zinc / nickel alloy to 12% nickel compared to a saturated calomel electrode.
  • the deposition of the zinc / nickel alloy on the surface of the steel substrate begins and as far as the release of hydrogen is concerned, it is no longer the potential for its release on the steel that is required. take into account, but its release potential on the alloy that has been deposited.
  • test 2 a layer of undercoating of zinc / nickel alloy with 15% nickel was first deposited before depositing the coating layer with 12% nickel.
  • Test No. 4 gives a good adhesion result due to the potential for reduction of the zinc / nickel alloy to 21% nickel which is equal to -0.85V / DHW, that is to say quite close to -0.78V / DHW.
  • Tests 5 to 9 show that it is possible to further improve the quality of the adhesion of the coating by depositing an intermediate layer of undercoating between the undercoating layer and the coating layer.
  • the intermediate layer of zinc / nickel alloy undercoat has a percentage of nickel such that the reduction potential of said alloy is close to the potential for release of hydrogen on the zinc / nickel alloy previously deposited in the undercoat layer .
  • Such successive depositions are carried out in a known manner, for example on a plating line of the CAROSEL type, in which the diffusion current in the bath is adjusted, of a first conducting roller to ensure a deposit of zinc / nickel alloy at 24% nickel and in the bath, a second conductive roller to ensure a deposit of zinc / nickel alloy with 18% nickel.
  • the running speed of the steel strip forming the substrate is calculated to obtain the desired coating thickness, ie 0.04 ⁇ m.
  • the release of hydrogen begins as soon as the steel substrate reaches -0.78V / DHW and the deposition of the zinc / nickel alloy begins when the substrate reaches - 0.80V / DHW, that is to say almost immediately after the release of hydrogen which is very limited.
  • the evolution of hydrogen becomes active again when the steel substrate reaches the potential of evolution of hydrogen on the zinc / nickel alloy with 24% nickel and the deposition of the zinc / nickel alloy with 18% nickel begins when the potential of said substrate reached -0.90V / DHW.
  • the steel substrate is polarized at -0.95V / DHW, potential for reduction of the zinc / nickel alloy to 12% nickel allowing its deposition on the steel substrate.
  • the method according to the invention consists in depositing, between the surface of the steel substrate and the coating layer of zinc / nickel alloy, a undercoat layer of zinc / nickel alloy with a percentage of nickel such that the reduction potential of said alloy of said undercoat layer with respect to an electrode at saturated calomel is greater than or equal to or substantially less than the potential for evolution of hydrogen on the steel of the substrate, then to deposit, between the undercoating layer and the coating layer of zinc / nickel alloy, at least one layer intermediate undercoating with a percentage of nickel such that the reduction potential of the zinc / nickel alloy of the intermediate layer n of undercoating is greater than or equal to or substantially less than the potential for release of hydrogen on said alloy of the layer n-1 intermediate undercoat previously deposited, until depositing a layer of zinc / nickel alloy.
  • the intermediate layer of zinc / nickel alloy undercoating can also be directly deposited with the desired percentage of nickel on the previously deposited undercoating layer.
  • the reduction potential of the zinc-nickel alloy of the undercoating layer with respect to a saturated calomel electrode can be between the potential for hydrogen evolution on the steel of the substrate and said potential for hydrogen evolution minus 15%, or minus 10%, or minus 5% or minus 2%.
  • the reduction potential of the zinc / nickel alloy of the intermediate undercoating layer may be between the hydrogen release potential on the previously deposited undercoat layer and said hydrogen release potential minus 15%, or minus 10%, or minus 5% or even minus 2%.
  • the undercoating layer has a thickness greater than 0.01 ⁇ m and preferably greater than 0.02 ⁇ m.
  • the intermediate undercoating layer or layers have a thickness greater than 0.01 ⁇ m.
  • the method according to the invention is not limited to the deposition of a zinc / nickel alloy, but can very well be applied to the deposit of other zinc-based alloys, of the zinc / iron, zinc / chromium or zinc / cobalt type.

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EP94400625A 1993-04-28 1994-03-23 Verfahren zur Elektroplattierung eines Zinklegierungsüberzuges auf ein Stahlsubstrat und so beschichtetes Stahlsubstrat Expired - Lifetime EP0622478B1 (de)

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FR9305038A FR2704560B1 (fr) 1993-04-28 1993-04-28 Procede d'electrodeposition sur une surface d'un substrat en acier d'une couche d'un revetement d'un alliage a base de zinc et materiau d'acier revetu d'une couche de revetement d'un alliage a base de zinc.
FR9305038 1993-04-28

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