US3920488A - Process for coloring aluminum black - Google Patents

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US3920488A
US3920488A US464328A US46432874A US3920488A US 3920488 A US3920488 A US 3920488A US 464328 A US464328 A US 464328A US 46432874 A US46432874 A US 46432874A US 3920488 A US3920488 A US 3920488A
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    • C23COATING 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
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C22/00Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
    • C23C22/05Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions
    • C23C22/06Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions using aqueous acidic solutions with pH less than 6
    • C23C22/40Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions using aqueous acidic solutions with pH less than 6 containing molybdates, tungstates or vanadates

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  • the object of the invention presented here is to produce in a simple way on aluminium and its alloys, black conversion coatings which bond well to the substrate,
  • the object is fulfilled in terms of the invention in that the metal surface is etched in an iron chloride solution, then coloring in an acidic, aqueous solution of ammonium molybdate and aluminum chloride and finally is
  • the subject of the invention is a processfor coloring 5 centrationof l 20 g/l.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Sheets of aluminium alloy'containing 4.3 Cu, 1 l Mg, 0.6% Mn, 0.4% Fe and 0.3% Si, and 100 X 70 x 1 mm in dimension, are after degreasing, suspended in a 5% iron chloride solution at 91c for 3 minutes. After given an after-treatment with an alkaline aqueous solution.
  • v I v Black conversion coatings produced .in accordance with this process are especially suitable for graphical reproduction processes:
  • An aluminium sheet which bears a conversion coating or an A1 0 coating after any desired process is covered with a photo lacquer.
  • Those places, which'should later be colored black, are covered with a negative.
  • the lacquer can be removed easily fromthese places, whilst the otherplaceswhich are covered with the polymerised lacquer after develop! ment and the oxide underneath are prevented from being colored black in the process.
  • Tlhusthe black areas in contrast to thosenot attacked in'the process, can be sharply delineated from areas-which are white or which have another color. This is for example desireable with lettering, scanning or line-structured pictures.
  • the degreased articles which are made of aluminium or an aluminium alloy are first of all etched f6? '1 4 minutes in a :2 '15 aqueous iron chloride solution which is at a temperature of 70F 95C.
  • the articles are then si'uspended for05 10 min in ajcolouri ng-bathat at)" 9 '2 ?c, containing 25 70 g/l, preferably '40 60 g/l ammonium-hepta-molybdate ((NH M6 O .4- H 0) and 10 100 g/l, preferably 4 80 g/l aluminium trichloride.
  • a bath temperature of 90C the treatment time in the molybdate solution lies preferably between rinsing with cold tapwater the sheets are treated for 3 min in a solution of 5% ammonium hepta molybdate 'and6% aluminium chloride at 91C.
  • the sheets obtain a grey-black coating, With the process in accordance wlth'the' nvention After rinsing in cold tap-water the aluminium sheets are given a l min after-treatment with an aqueous solution of 1.5% sodium chromate and 5% sodium carbonate at a temperature of C.
  • the coatings obtained are smooth and black and exhibit a particularly good bonding base forthe lacquer.
  • sheets of total surface area equal to 1.03 m can be treated without being able to determine a change in colour tone and layer thickness. After 1.05 m however the sheets are no longer black but begin to become increasingly gray and spotty.
  • EXAMPLE 2 shows the influence of the after-treatment on the corrosion resistance. Aluminium sheets containing 1.1% Mn, 0.5% Fe, 0.3% Si and 0.1% Cu are part D is anodised and colored black. The corrosion re-' sistance of the treated samples A, B, C and D is tested in the salt spray test (3% NaCl at 35C), the Kestemich test (artificial industrial atmosphere containing 0.66 vol of both S0 and CO and the alkaline test (2% Na PO The results are presented in tables 1 to 3.
  • Tables 1 and 2 show that sample A, with regard to corrosion resistance in the salt spray and Kesternich test, does not differ basically from sample C (classical alkaline chromatizing process) and D (anodised and then colored black in; accordance with the usual process), although these are among the best known processes.
  • anodised sheets (as for example D) have a low resistance to alkalis and, compared with sample A, suffer a large weight loss.
  • the process in accordance with the invention is therefore with respect to corrosion resistance at least the equal of other processes, but has the advantage over these, that it can be used without problem and without large expenditure for graphical reproduction purposes.
  • green reflection 4,37 Cu 3 30 5 I5 dark brown bonded well and uniform 1.5% Mg (L671 Mn 0.4% Fe 4 2 min L8 dark brown to conded well and uniform black 5 3 min 2 black bonded well, treatment temperature not above 92C otherwise bluish coating 6 4 min 2 blue-black layer did not bond as well as in the case of No 5 With a treatment time of more than 4 min, the coating becomes dark blue and does not bond well.
  • etching said surface with an aqueous iron chloride solution subsequently coloring the etched surface in a coloring bath comprising an aqueous solution containing from about grams to about grams per liter ammoniumhepta-molybdate and from about 10 grams to bath comprising an aqueous alkaline solution at a I 7 grams per liter sodium chromate and from about 30 to about 70 grams per liter sodium carbonate.
  • saidaftertreatment bath contains from about to about 20 grams per liter ammonia or an ammonia derivative.
  • ammonia derivative is hydrazine or hydroxyl amine.

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