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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C23Surface treatment 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

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Method for producing chemically treated alloy material, and chemica...
- Patent number 11,879,172
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- Takamitsu Takagi
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Passivation composition comprising a silane-modified silicate compound
- Patent number 11,759,820
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- EWALD DORKEN AG
- Melanie Müller
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...
- Patent number 11,643,732
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Manabu Inoue
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Method for producing a heat exchanger
- Patent number 11,377,741
- Issue date Jul 5, 2022
- Mahle International GmbH
- Peter Englert
- F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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Zinc-based plated steel sheet having post-treated coating formed th...
- Patent number 11,255,010
- Issue date Feb 22, 2022
- Posco
- Yeon-Ho Kim
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Trivalent chromium chemical conversion liquid for zinc or zinc allo...
- Patent number 11,008,659
- Issue date May 18, 2021
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Ayumi Saito
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Treatment liquid for black trivalent chromium conversion coating, t...
- Patent number 10,968,520
- Issue date Apr 6, 2021
- Nippon Hyomen Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kazuyuki Shinozaki
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Passivation composition comprising a silane-modified silicate compound
- Patent number 10,792,702
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Ewald Dorken AG
- Melanie Müller
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Products for the preventive treatment of stainless steel and relate...
- Patent number 10,711,352
- Issue date Jul 14, 2020
- TECHNOCHIM SA
- Frédéric Groulard
- B08 - CLEANING
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Method for preparing shaped metal bodies for cold working
- Patent number 10,392,705
- Issue date Aug 27, 2019
- Chemetall GmbH
- Benjamin Güttler
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for inspecting and processing high hardness alloy steels
- Patent number 10,260,140
- Issue date Apr 16, 2019
- REM Technologies, Inc.
- Mark D. Michaud
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Treatment liquid for trivalent chromium conversion coating and trea...
- Patent number 10,260,151
- Issue date Apr 16, 2019
- Nippon Hyomen Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kazuyuki Shinozaki
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Method for the manufacture of a substrate provided with a chromium...
- Patent number 10,011,907
- Issue date Jul 3, 2018
- Ewald Doerken AG
- Marcel Roth
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Reactive-type chemical conversion treatment composition and product...
- Patent number 9,915,006
- Issue date Mar 13, 2018
- Yuken Industry Co., Ltd.
- Yoshiki Hiramatsu
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Chromium-and-fluorine-free chemical conversion treatment solution f...
- Patent number 9,879,346
- Issue date Jan 30, 2018
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Takahiro Kodama
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Aqueous acidic composition for forming chromium-containing chemical...
- Patent number 9,797,044
- Issue date Oct 24, 2017
- Yuken Industry Co., Ltd.
- Mari Asano
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Nanosurface
- Patent number 9,642,708
- Issue date May 9, 2017
- Astra Tech AB
- Anette Fredriksson
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent number 9,337,495
- Issue date May 10, 2016
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY
- Yoo Taek Jeon
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
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Aqueous treating solution for forming black trivalent-chromium chem...
- Patent number 9,157,154
- Issue date Oct 13, 2015
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Manabu Inoue
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent number 9,070,907
- Issue date Jun 30, 2015
- Hyundai Hysco
- Yoo Taek Jeon
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
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Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces
- Patent number 8,980,016
- Issue date Mar 17, 2015
- Nihon Hyomen Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Takaaki Sato
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Nanosurface
- Patent number 8,632,836
- Issue date Jan 21, 2014
- Astra Tech AB
- Anette Fredriksson
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Treatment solution for forming black hexavalent chromium-free chemi...
- Patent number 8,337,641
- Issue date Dec 25, 2012
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Tomitaka Yamamoto
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Metallic material and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent number 8,318,256
- Issue date Nov 27, 2012
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Hitoshi Ishii
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Halogen-free trivalent chromium conversion coating
- Patent number 8,257,510
- Issue date Sep 4, 2012
- United Technologies Corporation
- Mark R. Jaworowski
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Aqueous solution of chromium salt and method for producing same
- Patent number 8,083,842
- Issue date Dec 27, 2011
- Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Hideki Kotaki
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Chrome-free composition of low temperature curing for treating a me...
- Patent number 7,989,075
- Issue date Aug 2, 2011
- Posco
- Yeong-Sool Jin
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Halogen-free trivalent chromium conversion coating
- Patent number 7,989,078
- Issue date Aug 2, 2011
- United Technologies Coporation
- Mark R. Jaworowski
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Processing solution for forming hexavalent chromium free and corros...
- Patent number 7,914,627
- Issue date Mar 29, 2011
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Katsuhide Oshima
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Grant
Processing solution for forming hexavalent chromium free and corros...
- Patent number 7,745,008
- Issue date Jun 29, 2010
- Dipsol Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Katsuhide Oshima
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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ONE-STEP PRETREATMENT METHOD OF METALLIC SUBSTRATES AT NON-NEUTRAL...
- Publication number 20240166968
- Publication date May 23, 2024
- CHEMETALL GMBH
- Yinfeng SHI
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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ONE-STEP PRETREATMENT METHOD OF METALLIC SUBSTRATES FOR METAL COLD...
- Publication number 20230091443
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- CHEMETALL GMBH
- Yinfeng SHI
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
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COATING AGENT FOR FORMING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COA...
- Publication number 20220145472
- Publication date May 12, 2022
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Fumiaki TAKAHASHI
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICALLY TREATED ALLOY MATERIAL, AND CHEMICA...
- Publication number 20200283907
- Publication date Sep 10, 2020
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Takamitsu TAKAGI
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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PASSIVATION COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SILANE-MODIFIED SILICATE COMPOUND
- Publication number 20200276610
- Publication date Sep 3, 2020
- Ewald Dorken AG
- Melanie MÜLLER
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND PROCESSING HIGH ALLOY STEELS
- Publication number 20190276924
- Publication date Sep 12, 2019
- REM Technologies, Inc.
- Mark D. Michaud
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CHEMICAL CONVERSION LIQUID FOR ZINC OR ZINC ALLO...
- Publication number 20190136383
- Publication date May 9, 2019
- DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
- Ayumi SAITO
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT EXCHANGER
- Publication number 20180305820
- Publication date Oct 25, 2018
- MAHLE International GmbH
- Peter Englert
- F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Method For Preparing Shaped Metal Bodies For Cold Working
- Publication number 20160265116
- Publication date Sep 15, 2016
- CHEMETALL GMBH
- Benjamin Güttler
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
STAINLESS SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Publication number 20140370415
- Publication date Dec 18, 2014
- Yoo Taek JEON
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Application
AQUEOUS ACIDIC COMPOSITION FOR FORMING CHROMIUM-CONTAINING CHEMICAL...
- Publication number 20140130941
- Publication date May 15, 2014
- YUKEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
- Mari Asano
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...
- Publication number 20140124099
- Publication date May 8, 2014
- DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
- Manabu Inoue
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
NANOSURFACE
- Publication number 20130013081
- Publication date Jan 10, 2013
- Astra Tech AB
- Anette Fredriksson
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Application
AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CHROMIUM SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
- Publication number 20120199787
- Publication date Aug 9, 2012
- Hideki Kotaki
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
CHROMIUM-AND-FLUORINE-FREE CHEMICAL CONVERSION TREATMENT SOLUTION F...
- Publication number 20120145282
- Publication date Jun 14, 2012
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Takahiro KODAMA
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
HALOGEN-FREE TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CONVERSION COATING
- Publication number 20120097295
- Publication date Apr 26, 2012
- United Technologies Corporation
- Mark R. Jaworowski
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
ALUMINUM ALLOY-AND-RESIN COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
- Publication number 20110297549
- Publication date Dec 8, 2011
- HON HAI Precision Industry CO., LTD.
- WEN-RONG CHEN
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
HALOGEN-FREE TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CONVERSION COATING
- Publication number 20110247728
- Publication date Oct 13, 2011
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Mark R. Jaworowski
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING A SOURCE OF CH...
- Publication number 20110168299
- Publication date Jul 14, 2011
- NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- Shigeo Hoshino
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Application
Finishing Agent and Member Having an Overcoat Formed from the Finis...
- Publication number 20110159315
- Publication date Jun 30, 2011
- YUKEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
- Tomoko Saito
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
METALLIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Publication number 20110076505
- Publication date Mar 31, 2011
- Henkel AG & Co., KGaA
- Hitoshi Ishii
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces
- Publication number 20110041958
- Publication date Feb 24, 2011
- Nihon Hyomen Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Takaaki Sato
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
Chrome-Free Composition of Low Temperature Curing for Treating A Me...
- Publication number 20100273013
- Publication date Oct 28, 2010
- POSCO
- Yeong-Sool Jin
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
PROCESSING SOLUTION FOR FORMING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FREE AND CORROS...
- Publication number 20100230009
- Publication date Sep 16, 2010
- DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
- Katsuhide Oshima
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...
- Publication number 20100203327
- Publication date Aug 12, 2010
- DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
- Manabu Inoue
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
NANOSURFACE
- Publication number 20100173264
- Publication date Jul 8, 2010
- Astra Tech AB
- Anette Fredriksson
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CHROMIUM SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
- Publication number 20100095867
- Publication date Apr 22, 2010
- Hideki Kotaki
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
STAINLESS SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Publication number 20090269649
- Publication date Oct 29, 2009
- HYUNDAI HYSCO
- Yoo Taek JEON
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
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AQUEOUS TREATING SOLUTION FOR FORMING BLACK TRIVALENT-CHROMIUM CHEM...
- Publication number 20090020185
- Publication date Jan 22, 2009
- DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO. LTD.
- Manabu Inoue
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces
- Publication number 20080254315
- Publication date Oct 16, 2008
- Nihon Hyomen Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Takaaki Sato
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...

containing oxalates

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Method for producing chemically treated alloy material, and chemica...

Passivation composition comprising a silane-modified silicate compound

Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...

Method for producing a heat exchanger

Zinc-based plated steel sheet having post-treated coating formed th...

Trivalent chromium chemical conversion liquid for zinc or zinc allo...

Treatment liquid for black trivalent chromium conversion coating, t...

Passivation composition comprising a silane-modified silicate compound

Products for the preventive treatment of stainless steel and relate...

Method for preparing shaped metal bodies for cold working

Method for inspecting and processing high hardness alloy steels

Treatment liquid for trivalent chromium conversion coating and trea...

Method for the manufacture of a substrate provided with a chromium...

Reactive-type chemical conversion treatment composition and product...

Chromium-and-fluorine-free chemical conversion treatment solution f...

Aqueous acidic composition for forming chromium-containing chemical...

Nanosurface

Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same

Aqueous treating solution for forming black trivalent-chromium chem...

Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same

Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces

Nanosurface

Treatment solution for forming black hexavalent chromium-free chemi...

Metallic material and method of manufacturing the same

Halogen-free trivalent chromium conversion coating

Aqueous solution of chromium salt and method for producing same

Chrome-free composition of low temperature curing for treating a me...

Halogen-free trivalent chromium conversion coating

Processing solution for forming hexavalent chromium free and corros...

Processing solution for forming hexavalent chromium free and corros...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ONE-STEP PRETREATMENT METHOD OF METALLIC SUBSTRATES AT NON-NEUTRAL...

ONE-STEP PRETREATMENT METHOD OF METALLIC SUBSTRATES FOR METAL COLD...

COATING AGENT FOR FORMING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COA...

METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICALLY TREATED ALLOY MATERIAL, AND CHEMICA...

PASSIVATION COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SILANE-MODIFIED SILICATE COMPOUND

METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND PROCESSING HIGH ALLOY STEELS

TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CHEMICAL CONVERSION LIQUID FOR ZINC OR ZINC ALLO...

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT EXCHANGER

Method For Preparing Shaped Metal Bodies For Cold Working

STAINLESS SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

AQUEOUS ACIDIC COMPOSITION FOR FORMING CHROMIUM-CONTAINING CHEMICAL...

Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...

NANOSURFACE

AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CHROMIUM SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

CHROMIUM-AND-FLUORINE-FREE CHEMICAL CONVERSION TREATMENT SOLUTION F...

HALOGEN-FREE TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CONVERSION COATING

ALUMINUM ALLOY-AND-RESIN COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

HALOGEN-FREE TRIVALENT CHROMIUM CONVERSION COATING

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING A SOURCE OF CH...

Finishing Agent and Member Having an Overcoat Formed from the Finis...

METALLIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces

Chrome-Free Composition of Low Temperature Curing for Treating A Me...

PROCESSING SOLUTION FOR FORMING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FREE AND CORROS...

Corrosion-resistant trivalent-chromium chemical conversion coating...

NANOSURFACE

AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CHROMIUM SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

STAINLESS SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

AQUEOUS TREATING SOLUTION FOR FORMING BLACK TRIVALENT-CHROMIUM CHEM...

Chromium-free solution for treating metal surfaces