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  • the invention relates to an improved method and chemical composition for the production of black coatings on metals.
  • the present invention overcomes this and other difli culties with the prior baths by providing a novel method and composition for producing black oxide coatings on ferrous and other metals which is effective in preventing smut, which provides improved rinsability of the blackened articles, reduces dragout, and improves the penetrability of the composition into small crevices to insure a more uniform surface blackening.
  • the conventional blackening solution can be modified by putting into it a small percentage of alkyl naphthalene sulfonate.
  • the penetrability of the compound into the crevices between the articles can be increased to insure a more uniform blackening thereof by adding to the composition small amounts of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of di phenyl dis-azo-bis-8-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, S-aniIino-S-(p-hydroxy anilino)-1-naphthalene sulfom'c acid and anthraquinone vat dyes.
  • the metallic salts thereof are used in the composition.
  • Conventional blackening baths are made up of a blackening salt composition consisting essentially from 50-90 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and from 01-50 parts by weight of an alkali metal nitrate and/or from 01-50 parts by weight of an alkali metal nitrite.
  • the alkali metals can be potassium or sodium.
  • composition is mixed with water so as to produce a bath solution having a boiling temperature of between 255 and 325 F. when sufficient heat is applied thereto.
  • bath solution having a boiling temperature of between 255 and 325 F. when sufficient heat is applied thereto.
  • conventional blackening composition or conventional blackening bath as used herein shall designate such composition or bath.
  • a cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide and 2-mercaptoimidazoline.
  • a sample was taken from a production run of a conventional blackening bath. It showed a contamination of 1.07 parts by weight of colloidal red iron oxide.
  • the sample of the bath was heated to a boiling temperature of 290 F. and steel panels were immersed in the bath for fifteen minutes, after which they were rinsed and dried and a red smut of colloidal ironoxide was on the pieces. Thereafter .0325 part by weight of Z-meraptoimidazoline was added to the sample of the bath and steel plates were immersed in the bath for the same time and removed. They had a good black finish Without any deposit of red smut.
  • the rinsability and dragon-t characteristics of the conventional blackening composition have been improved by the addition thereto of small amounts of low chloride content alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate.
  • One such material is sold under the trade name Petro AA by Petrochemicals Co., Long Beach, California. This material, in the range of .001-l5 parts by weight, is added to the conventional blackening composition and it is found that the articles when immersed in the bath formed by said composition and removed therefrom are more readily rinsed of the blackening bath.
  • two baths were made up from a conventional blackening composition comprising parts by weight of sodium hydroxide, 10 parts by weight of sodium nitrate and 20 parts by weight of sodium nitrite.
  • the compositions were mixed with suflicient water to attain In this particular example, a boiling temperature of 290 F. was used.
  • a boiling temperature of 290 F. was used.
  • an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate was added to one bath .025 part by weight of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate was added.
  • Steel panels were immersed in each of the solutions and boiled at 290 F. for five minutes. They were removed from the solutions and the plates coming from the bath having additional material therein were observed to have the solution of the bath running 01f readily therefrom while the plates from the conventional bath had droplets of bath solution clinging to the panel without dropping off.
  • both were rinsed it was observed that the first samples were readily washed clean of the small amount of bath material thereon
  • the conventional blackening bath will not penetrate into crevices and around small articles to produce a uniform black finish thereon, such as, for example, a basket of paper clips or the like which are immersed in the bath.
  • the penetrability of the blackening bath can be improved by adding thereto between .0001 to 20 parts by weight of a metallic salt (preferably sodium) of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis-azo-bis-S-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, 'S-anilino-S-(phydroXy anilino)-1-naphthalene sulfonic 'acid and the sulfonated anthraquinone vat dyes.
  • a metallic salt preferably sodium
  • a conventional blackening solution comprising 82 parts by weight of sodium hydroxide, 13 parts by weight of sodium nitrite and 5 parts by weight of sodium nitrate was added .005 part by weight of sodium salt of di-phenyl-dis-azo-bis-8-arnino-l-naphthol 3,6 disulfonic acid.
  • a bath was made by mixing this composition'with'sufficient water to attain a boiling temperature of between 255320 F.
  • a basketfull of small articles packed therein was inserted in the bath and the bath maintained at a temperature of about 290 F. for a predetermined time to complete the blackening operation after which the articles were removed. They were uniformly blackened throughout the surface thereof showing that the bath penetrated into the spaces and crevices around the articles to produce the required blackening thereof.
  • conventional blackening solutions and the method of blackening ferrous articles therewith can be improved in each of the three aspects separately or any combination thereof as may be required.
  • 2-mercaptoimidazoline in order to secure the maximum efiiciency from the conventional blackening composition "there was added thereto .25 part by weight of 2-mercaptoimidazoline, .075 part by weight of alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate and .005 part by weight of sodium salt of di-phenyl-dis-azo-bis-S-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid.
  • This composition was made into a bath by the addition of sufiicient water to attain a boiling'temperature of 255-325 F.
  • the ferrous metal pieces were inserted in the bath for the required time and the resulting pieces had a clean black surface which was free of smut, was .readily rinsed and in which the coloring composition 4- penetrated into all small crevices so as to provide a uniform 'b'lac'k' coating on the articles.
  • a composition for the .surface blackening of metal articles consisting essentially of a conventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to parts by weight of blackening salts and having added thereto from a trace to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of at least one cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide, and Z-mercaptoimidazoline whereby deposits of smut on the blackened surface is'prevented.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout from the bath is decreased.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of a metallic-salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis azo-bis-8aamino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, 8-anilino-5- (p-hydroxyanilino) -1naphthalene sulfonic acid and anthraquinone vat dyes whereby said composition is provided with improved penetrability into small crevices.
  • a metallic-salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis azo-bis-8aamino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, 8-anilino-5- (p-hydroxyanilino) -1naphthalene sulfonic acid and anthraquinone vat dyes whereby said composition is
  • composition of claim 3 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout from the bath isdecreased.
  • a composition for the surface blackening of metal articles consisting essentially of a conventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to 190 parts by weight of blackening salts and having added thereto .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight'of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the. rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout. from the bath is decreased.
  • composition of claim 5 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of a metallic salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis-azo-bis-8-amino-l'naphthol-3,6 d isulfonic acid,
  • the process of blackening metal articles which comprises the steps of preparing a bath consisting essentially of aconventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to 190 parts by weight of blackening salts and at least a trace to 20' parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of at least one cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide and Z-mercaptoimidazoline, said bath being prepared by adding the mixture to water in sufficient amounts to bring the boiling temperature of the solution to a point between 255-325 F., immersing the articles in the solutionwhile maintaining the boiling temperature of-the bath "for a period of time sufiicient to imposition.

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United States Patent METHOD AND COL [POSITION FOR BLACKENING METAL ARTICLES Abraham 'J. Mitchell, Stratford, Conn., assignor to The Mitchell-Bradford Chemical Co., Milford, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut No Drawing. Filed Jan. 23, 19-59, Ser. No. 788,511
Claims. (Cl. 148-624) The invention relates to an improved method and chemical composition for the production of black coatings on metals.
Heretofore, in providing black coatings on ferrous metals by means of baths of the conventional blackening compositions, contaminations thereof by red iron oxide, copper or zinc as occur in the use of the bath produced a red smut on the blackened surface. Efforts to overcome this have been made by adding to the composition small quantities of sodium sulphide. This was effective to some degree. However, it reacted quickly with the contaminant and was soon used up so that it had to be replaced frequently.
The present invention overcomes this and other difli culties with the prior baths by providing a novel method and composition for producing black oxide coatings on ferrous and other metals which is effective in preventing smut, which provides improved rinsability of the blackened articles, reduces dragout, and improves the penetrability of the composition into small crevices to insure a more uniform surface blackening.
In carrying out the invention I have found that if any one of a cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide and Z-mercaptoimidazoline is added even in small quantities to a conventional bath the tendency to deposit the usual smut is quickly eliminated and the effectiveness of the material in the bath lasts over a longer period of time than heretofore accomplished.
When it is desired to improve the rinsability of the coated articles and to reduce the dragout, I have found that the conventional blackening solution can be modified by putting into it a small percentage of alkyl naphthalene sulfonate. In cases where greater penetrability of the solution is desired, as in blackening a plurality of small articles, such as paper clips and the like, the penetrability of the compound into the crevices between the articles can be increased to insure a more uniform blackening thereof by adding to the composition small amounts of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of di phenyl dis-azo-bis-8-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, S-aniIino-S-(p-hydroxy anilino)-1-naphthalene sulfom'c acid and anthraquinone vat dyes. Preferably the metallic salts thereof (particularly sodium salts) are used in the composition.
Conventional blackening baths are made up of a blackening salt composition consisting essentially from 50-90 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and from 01-50 parts by weight of an alkali metal nitrate and/or from 01-50 parts by weight of an alkali metal nitrite.
The alkali metals can be potassium or sodium. The
a boiling temperature between 255320 F.
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composition is mixed with water so as to produce a bath solution having a boiling temperature of between 255 and 325 F. when sufficient heat is applied thereto. The terms conventional blackening composition or conventional blackening bath as used herein shall designate such composition or bath.
In order to prevent the conventional blackening bath, when contaminated with red iron oxide, copper or zinc, from producing a reddish smut on the blackened ferrous metal articles, I add to the bath a small amount, i.e., in the range of between a trace to 20 parts by weight, and preferably .25 part by weight, of any one of a cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide and 2-mercaptoimidazoline. Articles blackened in this bath showed no signs of smut and had a clear black surface. Furthermore, there was no substantial foaming of the bath at the operating temperature of the bath which was approximately 290 F. and the bath will retain its properties of preventing the smut for a long period of time.
For example, a sample was taken from a production run of a conventional blackening bath. It showed a contamination of 1.07 parts by weight of colloidal red iron oxide. The sample of the bath was heated to a boiling temperature of 290 F. and steel panels were immersed in the bath for fifteen minutes, after which they were rinsed and dried and a red smut of colloidal ironoxide was on the pieces. Thereafter .0325 part by weight of Z-meraptoimidazoline was added to the sample of the bath and steel plates were immersed in the bath for the same time and removed. They had a good black finish Without any deposit of red smut. Similar results were obtained with solutions contaminated with copper brazing materials and zinc and the addition of Z-mercaptoimidazoline cleared up the red smut condition resulting in a good black finish. Tests using Z-mercaptobenzothiazole and benzothiazyl disulfide in place of the Z-mercaptoimidazoline were made and these too prevented red smuts from being deposited on the plates.
In accordance with the present invention the rinsability and dragon-t characteristics of the conventional blackening composition have been improved by the addition thereto of small amounts of low chloride content alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate. One such material is sold under the trade name Petro AA by Petrochemicals Co., Long Beach, California. This material, in the range of .001-l5 parts by weight, is added to the conventional blackening composition and it is found that the articles when immersed in the bath formed by said composition and removed therefrom are more readily rinsed of the blackening bath.
For example, two baths were made up from a conventional blackening composition comprising parts by weight of sodium hydroxide, 10 parts by weight of sodium nitrate and 20 parts by weight of sodium nitrite. The compositions were mixed with suflicient water to attain In this particular example, a boiling temperature of 290 F. was used. To one bath .025 part by weight of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate was added. Steel panels were immersed in each of the solutions and boiled at 290 F. for five minutes. They were removed from the solutions and the plates coming from the bath having additional material therein were observed to have the solution of the bath running 01f readily therefrom while the plates from the conventional bath had droplets of bath solution clinging to the panel without dropping off. When both were rinsed, it was observed that the first samples were readily washed clean of the small amount of bath material thereon while it was more difficult to remove the conventional bath material from the second samples.
A further test was made to determine the amount of d-ragout from the baths. Inthis, a panel from each bath was allowed to drain for thirty seconds and then was placed in separate beakers containing 200 milliliters of distilled water and stirred thoroughly. The rinse water in thebeakers was then titrated. It was found that 43.2 milliliters of N/lO acid was used to titrate the water in the beaker having the plate from the standard blackening solution whereas only 35 milliliters of the acid was required to titrate the water in the beaker having the plate from the solution of the present invention showing that there was 19% less dragout resulting from the use of the present solution than from the conventional solution.
This test also shows that less bath material remainedon the plates of the present invention which also made them easier to rinse to provide clean surfaces thereon.
In some cases it has been found that the conventional blackening bath will not penetrate into crevices and around small articles to produce a uniform black finish thereon, such as, for example, a basket of paper clips or the like which are immersed in the bath.
In accordance with the present invention it has been discovered that the penetrability of the blackening bath can be improved by adding thereto between .0001 to 20 parts by weight of a metallic salt (preferably sodium) of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis-azo-bis-S-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, 'S-anilino-S-(phydroXy anilino)-1-naphthalene sulfonic 'acid and the sulfonated anthraquinone vat dyes. For example, to a conventional blackening solution comprising 82 parts by weight of sodium hydroxide, 13 parts by weight of sodium nitrite and 5 parts by weight of sodium nitrate was added .005 part by weight of sodium salt of di-phenyl-dis-azo-bis-8-arnino-l-naphthol 3,6 disulfonic acid.
A bath was made by mixing this composition'with'sufficient water to attain a boiling temperature of between 255320 F. A basketfull of small articles packed therein was inserted in the bath and the bath maintained at a temperature of about 290 F. for a predetermined time to complete the blackening operation after which the articles were removed. They were uniformly blackened throughout the surface thereof showing that the bath penetrated into the spaces and crevices around the articles to produce the required blackening thereof.
the rinsability and reduce dragout from the solution and to increase the penetrability of the solution. It is within the purview of the present invention that conventional blackening solutions and the method of blackening ferrous articles therewith can be improved in each of the three aspects separately or any combination thereof as may be required. For example, in order to secure the maximum efiiciency from the conventional blackening composition "there was added thereto .25 part by weight of 2-mercaptoimidazoline, .075 part by weight of alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate and .005 part by weight of sodium salt of di-phenyl-dis-azo-bis-S-amino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid. This composition was made into a bath by the addition of sufiicient water to attain a boiling'temperature of 255-325 F. The ferrous metal pieces were inserted in the bath for the required time and the resulting pieces had a clean black surface which was free of smut, was .readily rinsed and in which the coloring composition 4- penetrated into all small crevices so as to provide a uniform 'b'lac'k' coating on the articles.
Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of the claims and portions of the improvements may be used without others.
I claim:
1. A composition for the .surface blackening of metal articles consisting essentially of a conventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to parts by weight of blackening salts and having added thereto from a trace to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of at least one cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide, and Z-mercaptoimidazoline whereby deposits of smut on the blackened surface is'prevented.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout from the bath is decreased.
3. The composition of claim 1 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of a metallic-salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis azo-bis-8aamino-l-naphthol-3,6 disulfonic acid, 8-anilino-5- (p-hydroxyanilino) -1naphthalene sulfonic acid and anthraquinone vat dyes whereby said composition is provided with improved penetrability into small crevices.
4. The composition of claim 3 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout from the bath isdecreased.
5. A composition for the surface blackening of metal articles consisting essentially of a conventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to 190 parts by weight of blackening salts and having added thereto .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight'of the conventional blackening composition of an alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate whereby the. rinsability of the article is improved and the dragout. from the bath is decreased.
'6. The composition of claim 5 wherein there is added .0001 to 20 parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of a metallic salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of diphenyl-dis-azo-bis-8-amino-l'naphthol-3,6 d isulfonic acid,
-8-anilino-5- (p-hydroxy anilinol-l-napthalene sulfonic acid and anthraquinonevat dyes whereby said composition is provided with improved penetrability into small crevices.
7. The process of blackening metal articles which comprises the steps of preparing a bath consisting essentially of aconventional blackening composition containing from 50.2 to 190 parts by weight of blackening salts and at least a trace to 20' parts by weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of at least one cyclic sulphur-containing organic compound chosen from the group consisting of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole, benzothiazyl disulphide and Z-mercaptoimidazoline, said bath being prepared by adding the mixture to water in sufficient amounts to bring the boiling temperature of the solution to a point between 255-325 F., immersing the articles in the solutionwhile maintaining the boiling temperature of-the bath "for a period of time sufiicient to imposition.
F9. Theprocess of'claim 7 in which .075 part by-weight based upon the weight of the conventional blackening composition of alkyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate is added to the composition.
10. The process of claim 9 in which .005 part by weight based upon the Weight of the conventional blackening composition of sodium salt of a sulfonated dye chosen from the group consisting of di-pheny1-dis-azo-bis-8- amino-1-naphtho1-3,6 disulfonic acid, S-anilino-S-(p-hydroxy anilino)-1-naphthalene sulfonic acid and anthraquinone vat dyes is added to the composition.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Anderau Feb. 11, 1936 De Long et a1 Jan. 14, 1941 Gordon Apr. 6, 1943 Scroxton Oct. 24, 1950 Wallace Aug. 27, 1957 Newell et -al Dec. 24, 1957 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent N0 2,960,420 November 15, 1960 Abraham J. Mitchell It is hereby certified that error appears in the-printed specification of the above 'numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.
Column 2, line 47, for ".001" read .0001
column 41, line 28, for "dis" read disline 29, for "1 read l- Signed and sealed this 25th day of April 1961.
(SEAL) Attest:
ERNEST wk, SWIDER DAVID L. LADD Attosting Ofiicer Commlssmner of Patents

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1. A COMPOSITION FOR THE SURFACE BLACKENING OF METAL ARTICLES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A CONVENTIONAL BLACKENING COMPOSITION CONTAINING FROM 50.2 TO 190 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF BLACKENING SALTS AND HAVING ADDED THERETO FROM A TRACE TO 20 PARTS BY WEIGHT BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OF THE CONVENTIONAL BLACKENING COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST ONE CYCLIC SULPHUR-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUND CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2-MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE, BENZOTHIAZYL DISULPHIDE, AND 2-MERCAPTOIMIDAZOLINE WHEREBY DEPOSITS OF SMUT ON THE BLACKENED SURFACE IS PREVENTED
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