EP0885985A1 - Procédé de traitement d'un métal - Google Patents

Procédé de traitement d'un métal Download PDF

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EP0885985A1
EP0885985A1 EP98201206A EP98201206A EP0885985A1 EP 0885985 A1 EP0885985 A1 EP 0885985A1 EP 98201206 A EP98201206 A EP 98201206A EP 98201206 A EP98201206 A EP 98201206A EP 0885985 A1 EP0885985 A1 EP 0885985A1
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hydrogen peroxide
nitric acid
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Troy Berglind
Arne Frestad
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Nouryon Pulp and Performance Chemicals AB
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G1/00—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
    • C23G1/02—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts with acid solutions
    • C23G1/08—Iron or steel
    • C23G1/085—Iron or steel solutions containing HNO3
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G1/00—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
    • C23G1/02—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts with acid solutions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G1/00—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
    • C23G1/02—Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts with acid solutions
    • C23G1/10—Other heavy metals
    • C23G1/103—Other heavy metals copper or alloys of copper

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  • the present invention relates to a method of pickling or surface treating a metal in a solution containing nitric acid to which hydrogen peroxide is supplied to decrease the formation of nitrous fumes.
  • an oxide layer forms at the surface during the annealing, and this layer must be removed. This is normally done by picking which means that the steel is treated in an acidic oxidising picking bath to affect some dissolution of metal under the oxide layer which then comes loose.
  • Picking and surface treatment of metals is often performed in a solution based on nitric acid as an oxidising agent which treatment, however, involves emissions of nitrous fumes, mainly NO and NO 2 . These emissions can be reduced significantly by adding hydrogen peroxide to the nitric acid containing solution as disclosed in the US patent 4938838 and 3945865 as well as in H. T.
  • the present invention intends to solve the problem of further reducing the emissions of nitrous fumes or NO x , particularly NO and NO 2 , without increasing the hydrogen peroxide consumption to unacceptable levels.
  • NO x nitrous fumes or NO x
  • NO and NO 2 nitrous fumes or NO x
  • the reduction of NO x emissions can be improved considerably without significantly increasing the hydrogen peroxide consumption if at least a part of the hydrogen peroxide is sprayed or flushed directly on the metal instead of being added to the nitric acid containing solution, either directly into a tub in which the metal is treated or into a circulation conduit for the nitric acid containing solution.
  • the present invention concerns a method of picking or surface treating a metal in an aqueous solution containing nitric acid wherein hydrogen peroxide is supplied to decrease the formation of nitrous fumes. At least a portion of the hydrogen peroxide is supplied by spraying or flushing an aqueous solution thereof directly on the metal through one or several separate nozzles. Preferably the hydrogen peroxide is sprayed in a way to obtain as small droplets as possible which makes the reaction with the NO x more efficient. Although it is possible to supply substantially all the hydrogen peroxide through the separate nozzles, the preferred portion is from about 20 to about 80%, most preferably from about 40 to about 60% of the total amount of hydrogen peroxide supplied.
  • the nitric acid solution normally contains from about 0.1 to about 4 mols/l, preferably from about 0.5 to about 3 mols/l of nitric acid, and suitable also hydrofluoric acid, for example from about 0.01 to about 5 mols/l, preferably from about 0.1 to about 3 mols/l.
  • the content of dissolved NO x is normally from about 0.01 to about 0.7 g/l, preferably from about 0.1 to about 0.4 g/l. The invention is particularly advantageous when the content of dissolved NO x is below about 0.7 g/l. Normally most of the dissolved NO x is in the form of NO 2 - .
  • the invention it is generally possible to maintain the emissions of NO x gas below about 7 g NO x per m 2 treated metal and often even below about 4 g NO x per m 2 treated metal at a hydrogen peroxide consumption from about 2 to about 60 g H 2 O 2 , preferably from about 5 to about 40 g H 2 O 2 per m 2 treated metal.
  • the amount of hydrogen peroxide added can be controlled by conventional method such a by measuring the redox potential in the nitric acid containing solution or measuring the content of NO x in the exhaust gas.
  • Preferred redox potential control methods are described in US 4938838 and EP 442250.
  • the invention is advantageous in all processes for surface treatments of metals such as steel, copper or brass with nitric acid containing solutions. It is particularly advantageous in pickling of steel, especially stainless steel.
  • the figure shows a tub 1 containing a surface treating or pickling bath 2 of an aqueous solution containing nitric acid and preferably also hydrofluoric acid through which a running strip 3 of a metal, preferably stainless steel, is conducted continuously.
  • Nitric acid containing solution is supplied through lances 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, each containing a plurality of nozzles 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b spraying the solution on each side of the metal strip 3 so it is distributed over substantially the entire width thereof.
  • Solution from the bath 2 is withdrawn to a tank 4 and is fed to the lances 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b at sufficiently high pressure via a circulation conduit 10 and a pump 11.
  • the process also involves supply of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide from at storage tank 12.
  • a portion of the hydrogen peroxide is brought by a pump 13a to separate lances 16a, 16b, 17a, 17b, each containing a plurality of nozzles 18a, 18b, 19a, 19b spraying the solution on each side of the metal strip 3 so it is distributed over substantially the entire width thereof.
  • the suitable number of nozzles depends on the size of the metal strip 3 and on the type of nozzles, but normally from about 4 to about 12 nozzles per lance is sufficient. Any conventional nozzle can be used, for example nozzles also blowing air which prevents clogging at interruption of the hydrogen peroxide flow.
  • the remaining part of the hydrogen peroxide supplied is added by pumps 13b, 13c to the nitric acid containing solution in the tank 4 and the circulation conduit 10 at the suction side of the pump 11.
  • the hydrogen peroxide from the pump 13c is preferably mixed with the solution from the bath 2 just before it enters the tank 4.
  • a hood 25 containing a vent 26 is arranged above the tub 1 . Any nitrous fumes formed is evacuated through the vent 26.
  • the supply of hydrogen peroxide is preferably controlled on basis of the NO x content in the gas stream in the vent 26 or of the redox potential in the bath 2. It is also possible to have fixed flow of hydrogen peroxide added through the nozzles 18a, 18b, 19a, 19b and only regulate the pumps 13b, 13c supplying hydrogen peroxide to the tank 4 and the circulation conduit 10.
  • EXAMPLE In a plant according to the Figure stainless steel was pickled in a an aqueous solution of 2.9 mols/l nitric acid and 2.7 mols/l hydrofluoric acid. When all the hydrogen peroxide was added to the nitric acid containing solution in the tank 4 and the circulation conduit a hydrogen peroxide consumption of 60-70 ml 35% aqueous H 2 O 2 per m 2 pickled steel was required to keep a NO x concentration below 280 ppm in the vent 26 (corresponding to 3.5 g NO x per m 2 pickled steel).

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EP0974682A1 (fr) * 1998-07-18 2000-01-26 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Procédé et dispositif pour le traitement chimique des surfaces métalliques

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GB375599A (en) * 1931-08-15 1932-06-30 Thomas Watts Coslett Improvements in or relating to processes for pickling or cleaning iron or steel
FR2253103A1 (fr) * 1973-11-26 1975-06-27 Hitachi Ltd
FR2279447A1 (fr) * 1974-07-22 1976-02-20 Dart Ind Inc Perfectionnements aux procedes et solutions contenant de l'acide nitrique pour dissoudre ou traiter des materiaux metalliferes ou metalliques
DD124660A1 (fr) * 1976-02-24 1977-03-09
EP0053719A1 (fr) * 1980-12-10 1982-06-16 Gebr. Schmid GmbH & Co. Procédé pour le décapage de surfaces métalliques
EP0259533A1 (fr) * 1986-09-11 1988-03-16 Eka Nobel Aktiebolag Procédé pour diminuer l'emission d'oxydes de nitrogène à partir de liquides contenant de l'acide nitrique
EP0442250A2 (fr) * 1990-01-17 1991-08-21 Eka Nobel Ab Méthode de contrôle à l'aide du potentiel redox
EP0529332A1 (fr) * 1991-08-23 1993-03-03 Degussa Aktiengesellschaft Procédé pour la diminution de la teneur en nitrite des solutions aqueuses contenant du nitrile par contrôle automatique à une concentration de moins de 1 mg/l

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GB375599A (en) * 1931-08-15 1932-06-30 Thomas Watts Coslett Improvements in or relating to processes for pickling or cleaning iron or steel
FR2253103A1 (fr) * 1973-11-26 1975-06-27 Hitachi Ltd
FR2279447A1 (fr) * 1974-07-22 1976-02-20 Dart Ind Inc Perfectionnements aux procedes et solutions contenant de l'acide nitrique pour dissoudre ou traiter des materiaux metalliferes ou metalliques
US3945865A (en) * 1974-07-22 1976-03-23 Dart Environment And Services Company Metal dissolution process
DD124660A1 (fr) * 1976-02-24 1977-03-09
EP0053719A1 (fr) * 1980-12-10 1982-06-16 Gebr. Schmid GmbH & Co. Procédé pour le décapage de surfaces métalliques
EP0259533A1 (fr) * 1986-09-11 1988-03-16 Eka Nobel Aktiebolag Procédé pour diminuer l'emission d'oxydes de nitrogène à partir de liquides contenant de l'acide nitrique
US4938838A (en) * 1986-09-11 1990-07-03 Eka Nobel Ab Method of reducing the emission of NOx gas from a liquid containing nitric acid
EP0442250A2 (fr) * 1990-01-17 1991-08-21 Eka Nobel Ab Méthode de contrôle à l'aide du potentiel redox
EP0529332A1 (fr) * 1991-08-23 1993-03-03 Degussa Aktiengesellschaft Procédé pour la diminution de la teneur en nitrite des solutions aqueuses contenant du nitrile par contrôle automatique à une concentration de moins de 1 mg/l

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EP0974682A1 (fr) * 1998-07-18 2000-01-26 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Procédé et dispositif pour le traitement chimique des surfaces métalliques

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