US3620938A - Method for obtaining a bright zinc coating by electrodeposition and the bath used therefor - Google Patents

Method for obtaining a bright zinc coating by electrodeposition and the bath used therefor Download PDF

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US3620938A
US3620938A US783100A US3620938DA US3620938A US 3620938 A US3620938 A US 3620938A US 783100 A US783100 A US 783100A US 3620938D A US3620938D A US 3620938DA US 3620938 A US3620938 A US 3620938A
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  • the brightening composition is the reaction product of an aromatic aldehyde and an amine of the formula H,NR wherein R is a saturated aliphatic hydroxyl radical having from one to four carbon atoms.
  • R is a saturated aliphatic hydroxyl radical having from one to four carbon atoms.
  • bright deposits are achieved when an amide or substituted amide is intermixed with the reaction product of the aromatic aldehyde and the amine.
  • the electrodeposition of zinc from alkaline cyanide zinc solutions is widely used to produce coatings which protect iron or steel by sacrificial cathodic action.
  • brightening agents are used. These agents impart to the electrodeposit metal a lustrous appearance.
  • a wide variety of brightening agents have been successfully used; however, inost have not been completely satisfactory. Some work well for still plating while others are only successfully used in barrel plating.
  • some brightener compositions are not stable in the plating bath. Other compositions, while yielding bright deposits, are not suitable for accepting a chromate or phosphate protective film. Illustrative of these systems may be found in the following US. Pat. Nos. 2,740,754; 2,989,449; 3,088,884; 3,296,105; 3,317,412 and 3,318,767.
  • the conventional baths for obtaining bright zinc coatings have a cyanide content from about to about 14 oz./gal.
  • the removal of the poisonous cyanide waste from the rinse water effluent as required by governmental regulations is excessively expensive. Therefore, it is desirable to operate the zinc electroplating bath at a low cyanide content to minimize effluent treatment expenses.
  • the conventional zinc cyanide baths have a short downtime life. For example, after a bath containing additives of the prior art is allowed to stand overnight without plating, about one-half of the initial charge of the additive must be added to restore the deposit to its original degree of brilliance.
  • a brightener com pound is prepared by reacting an aromatic aldehyde with an amine having the formula H NR wherein R is a saturated aliphatic hydroxyl radical wherein the aliphatic moiety can have from one to four carbon atoms.
  • the reaction of the two components is preferably carried out in the presence of water.
  • the aromatic aldehydes can be selected from a group consisting of anisic aldehyde, salicyclic aldehyde, tolyl aldehyde vanillin or other aromatic aldehydes conventionally used in cyanide baths.
  • the aromatic aldehydes can be first emulsified with the water to form an aromatic aldehyde water emulsion. Thereafter, the alkanolamine is added thereto in an amount of at least a stoichiometric quantity to react with the aromatic aldehyde. Preferably, up to about 60 percent excess of the amine can be used.
  • the reaction product of the aromatic aldehyde and the alkanolamine has shown to be an excellent brightening composition when used in a cyanide bath.
  • the reaction product of the aromatic aldehyde and alkanolamines is manufactured by first adding the aromatic aldehyde to heated water to form an emulsion. The water temperature is then reduced and the alkanolamine is added which reacts exothermically with the aromatic aldehyde.
  • the brightening composition After the brightening composition has been manufactured, it is then added to a conventional cyanide bath consisting of sodium cyanide, sodium hydroxide and zinc. It has been found in practice that when metals are plated with the zinc solution contained in the brighteners of the present invention, a full bright and brilliant coating is obtained.
  • the aldehyde amine composition can be present in an amount ranging between about 0.02 to about 0.3 grams per liter of the bath solution.
  • R and R can each be selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, saturated aliphatic radicals having from one to six carbon atoms, saturated hydroxyl substituted aliphatic radicals having from one to six carbon atoms, and any mixtures thereof.
  • Specific examples of the amide compounds within the scope of the above identified fonnulas are nicotinamide, N-hexylnicotinamide, N,N-diethylnicotinamide, N- ethylnicotinamide, N,N-di(2-hydroxylpropyl) nicotinamide, isonipecotamide, N-methylisonipecotamide and N- ethylolisonipecotamide and mixtures thereof.
  • the amide composition can be present in an amount ranging between about 0.0015 to about 0.14 grams per liter of the bath solution.
  • Example I A brightener was prepared from the following formula:
  • a bent panel was plated in this solution using rod agitation at 1 amp. for 10 minutes.
  • the panel was full bright but not brilliant.
  • Example 2 0.04 g. of N-methylnicotinamide was added to the bath of example 1. A bent panel was plated in this solution using rod agitation at 1 amp. for 10 minutes. The panel was full bright and brilliant.
  • Example 3 The bath from example 2 was allowed to stand for 4 weeks without plating. After this period of standing, a bent panel was plated using the same plating conditions as in example 2. The brilliancy of the resulting plated panel was almost the equivalent of that in example 2.
  • Example 4 A brightener was prepared from the following formula:
  • Example 5 0.04 g. of N(Z-hydroxyethyl)isonipecotarnide was added to the bath of example 4. Ten %-inch hex nuts were plated in this solution in a small barrel at 1.5 amps. for 20 minutes. The nuts were bright. No trouble was experienced chromating the nuts under the normal chromating cycle.
  • Example 6 0.05 g. of N-ethylnicotinamide was added to the solution of example 5, and more hex nuts were plated similarly to example 5. The nuts appeared to be slightly brighter than those in example 5.
  • Example 7 A brightener was prepared containing the following ingredients:
  • Example 8 Plating tests were continued on the bath of example 7. The brightener level was kept high enough so that full bright deposits were obtained. The barrel tests were continued until a definite addition pattern was established. A consumption rate was calculated from these tests. The addition rate established was 426 X cc. of the brightener/1,000 amp. hr.
  • Example 9 A brightener was prepared with the following ingredients:
  • Nicotinamide 2% When the 2-aminoethanol was added to the water emulsion of anisic aldehyde and salicylaldehyde, considerable heat was evolved indicating that a reaction between the aldehydes and the 2-aminoethanol took place.
  • Example 10 A standard cyanide zinc solution had the following analysis:
  • Example I 1 Barrel tests continued on the bath of example 10. The sodium cyanide content of this bath was allowed to drop and the sodium hydroxide was increased while plating every day until the bath had the following analysis:
  • a brightener composition which comprises a combination of: (1) the reaction product of at least one aromatic aldehyde with at least a stoichiometric quantity of at least one alkanolamine having the formula H NR wherein R is a saturated aliphatic hydroxyl radical containing from one to four carbon atoms and (2) at least one water-soluble amide or substituted amide corresponding to the formula:
  • R, and R can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, saturated aliphatic radicals containing from one to six carbon atoms and saturated hydroxyl substituted aliphatic radicals containing from one to six carbon atoms; said reaction produce being present in said bath in a concentration from about 0.02 to 0.3 grams per liter and said amide or substituted amide being present in a concentration of from about 00015 to 0.14 grams per liter.
  • aromatic aldehyde is at least one member selected from the group consisting of anisic aldehyde, vanillin. salicylic aldehyde and tolyl aldehyde.
  • N-methylisonipecotamide, and N-ethylolisonipecotamide are N-methylisonipecotamide, and N-ethylolisonipecotamide.
  • a brightener composition which comprises a combination of: (l) the reaction product of at least one aromatic aldehyde with at least a stoichiometric quantity of at least one alkanolamide having the formula H,NR wherein R is a saturated aliphatic hydroxyl radical containing from one to four carbon atoms and (2) at least one water-soluble amide or substituted amide corresponding to the formula:
  • R and R can be the same or difierent and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, saturated aliphatic radicals containing from one to six carbon atoms and saturated hydroxyl substituted aliphatic radicals containing from one to six carbon atoms; said reaction product being present in said bath in a concentration of from about 0.02 to 0.3 grams per liter and said amide or substituted amide being present in a concentration of from about 0.0015 to 0.14 grams per liter.
  • aromatic aldehyde is at least one member selected from the group consisting of anisic aldehyde, vanillin, salicylic aldehyde and tolyl aldehyde.
  • N-methylisonipecotamide, and N-ethylolisonipecotamide are N-methylisonipecotamide, and N-ethylolisonipecotamide.

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