Claims
- 1. A process for making a liquid metal treating composition, said process comprising steps of:
- (I) providing a precursor mixture with a continuous liquid phase, said precursor mixture consisting essentially of water and:
- (A) a dissolved component selected from the group consisting of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6, H.sub.2 ZrF.sub.6, H.sub.2 HfF.sub.6, H.sub.2 SlF.sub.6, H.sub.2 GeF.sub.6, H.sub.2 SnF.sub.6, HBF.sub.4, and mixtures thereof and
- (B) a dissolved, dispersed, or both dissolved and dispersed component selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, Si, Ge, Sn, and B, the oxides, hydroxides, and carbonates of Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, Si, Ge, Sn, and B, and mixtures of any two or more of these elements, oxides, hydroxides, and carbonates,
- said precursor mixture having at least one of the following characteristics: (i) it is not optically transparent in a thickness of 1 cm; (ii) it scatters visible light; or (iii) it undergoes visually detectable settling of a solid phase if maintained for at least 100 hours at a temperature between its freezing point and 20.degree. C.;
- (II) maintaining the precursor liquid mixture provided in step (I) for at least a sufficient time at a sufficient temperature to form a stabilized liquid mixture that is free from any visually observable evidence of phase separation, is transparent when viewed in a thickness of 1 cm, and is sufficiently stable that it would remain free from any visually observable evidence of phase separation during storage at any temperature in the range from 20.degree. to 25.degree. C. for a period of at least 100 hours; and
- (III) mixing with the stabilized liquid mixture from the end of step (II):
- (C) a component selected from the group consisting of water soluble compounds containing hexavalent chromium; and, optionally, one or more of water and;
- (D) a component selected from the group consisting of water soluble oxides, carbonates, and hydroxides of all of the elements Ti, Zr, Hf, B, Al, Si, Ge, and Sn; and
- (E) a component selected from the group consisting of water soluble oxidizing agents that are not part of any of the previously recited components,
- to form said liquid metal treating composition, which is sufficiently stable that it remains free from any visually observable evidence of phase separation during storage at temperature in the range from 20+ to 25.degree. C. for a period of at least 100 hours and which contains; (i) a total concentration of titanium, zironium, hafnium, boron, aluminum, silicon, germanium, and tin derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture that is from about 1.0 to about 200 mM/L and (ii) an amount of hexavalent chromium that has a molar ratio to all metalloid and metal atoms derived from components (A) and (B) that is in a range from about 0.3:1.0 to about 10:1.0.
- 2. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 1.
- 3. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 2 at a temperature in the range from about 15.degree. to about 90.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 1 to about 1800 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
- 4. A process according to claim 1, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.08 to about 3 M/kg of component (A) and (ii) component (B) in the precursor mixture includes silicon and zirconium in amounts such that there is a ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) in the range from 0.05:1.0 to 5.0:1.0 and there is a ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium in the range from 0.5:1.0 to 5:1.0.
- 5. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 1 at a temperature in the range from about 18.degree. to about 60.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 30 to about 1200 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
- 6. A process according to claim 4, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.12 to about 2.0 M/kg of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6 ; (ii) the ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) is in the range from 0.20:1.0 to 3.0:1.0 and (iii) the ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium is in the range from 0.9:1.0 to 3. 0:1.0.
- 7. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 6, wherein titanium derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture is present in a total concentration from about 4.0 to about 100 mM/L and (ii) hexavalent chromium is present in an amount having a molar ratio to titanium, silicon, and zirconium atoms derived from components (A) and (B) in the range from about 0. 7:1.0 to about 6:1.0.
- 8. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 7 at a temperature in the range from about 18.degree. to about 40.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 30 to about 600 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
- 9. A process according to claim 6, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.27 to about 1.0 M/kg of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6 ; (ii) the ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) is in the range from 0.40:1.0 to 2.0:1 0; and (iii) the ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium is in the range from 1.1:1.0 to 2.7:1.0.
- 10. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 9, wherein: (i) titanium derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture is present in a total concentration from about 8.0 to about 60 mM/L; (ii) hexavalent chromium is present in an amount having a molar ratio to titanium, silicon, and zirconium atoms derived from components (A) and (B) in the range from about 0.80:1.0 to about 4.0:1.0; (iii) a concentration of nitrate ions in the range from about 1 to about 100 mM/L is present; and (iv) a concentration of halide ions in the range from about 0.01 to about 50 mM/L is present.
- 11. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 10 at a temperature in the range from about 21.degree. to about 35.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 50 to about 300 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
- 12. A process according to claim 9, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.31 to about 0.80 M/kg of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6 ; (ii) the ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) is in the range from 0.60:1.0 to 1.5:1.0; and (iii) the ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium is in the range from 1.1:1.0 to 2.7: 1.0.
- 13. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 12, wherein: (i) titanium derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture is present in a total concentration from about 12 to about 40 mM/L; (ii) hexavalent chromium is present in an amount having a molar ratio to titanium, silicon, and zirconium atoms derived from components (A) and (B) in the range from about 0.90:1.0 to about 2.4: 1.0; (iii) a concentration of nitrate ions in the range from about 4 to about 40 mM/L is present; and (iv) a concentration of halide ions in the range from about 0.01 to about 50 mM/L is present.
- 14. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 13 at a temperature in the range from about 21.degree. to about 32.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 75 to about 300 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
- 15. A process according to claim 12, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.360 to about 0.60 M/kg of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6 ; (ii) the ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) is in the range from 0.70:1.0 to 1.2:1.0; and (iii) the ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium is in the range from 1.50:1.0 to 2.3:1.0.
- 16. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 15, wherein: (i) titanium derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture is present in a total concentration from about 16 to about 35 mM/L; (ii) hexavalent chromium is present in an amount having a molar ratio to titanium, silicon, and zirconium atoms derived from components (A) and (B) in the range from about 1.00:1.0 to about 1.7:1.0; (iii) a concentration of nitrate ions in the range from about 10 to about 26 mM/L is present; and (iv) a concentration of halide ions in the range from about 0. 15 to about 4.0 mM/L is present.
- 17. A process according to claim 15, wherein: (i) the precursor mixture contains from about 0.380 to about 0.42 M/kg of H.sub.2 TiF.sub.6 ; (ii) the ratio of total moles of component (A) to total moles of component (B) is in the range from 0.80:1.0 to 0.90:1.0; and (iii) the ratio of moles of silicon to moles of zirconium is in the range from 1.75:1.0 to 2.1:1.0.
- 18. A liquid metal treating composition made by a process according to claim 17, wherein: (i) titanium derived from component (A) of the precursor mixture is present in a total concentration from about 18 to about 25 mM/L; (ii) hexavalent chromium is present in an amount having a molar ratio to titanium, silicon, and zirconium atoms derived from components (A) and (B) in the range from about 1.10:1.0 to about 1.30:1.0; (iii) a concentration of nitrate ions in the range from about 14 to about 21 mM/L is present; and (iv) a concentration of chloride ions in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.80 mM/L is present.
- 19. A process for forming a corrosion protective coating layer on a metal surface, said process comprising steps of:
- (IV) contacting the metal surface with a liquid metal treating composition according to claim 18 at a temperature in the range from about 21.degree. to about 29.degree. C. for a time in the range from about 75 to about 300 seconds;
- (V) removing the metal surface from contact with said liquid metal treatment composition;
- (VI) rinsing said metal surface with water; and, optionally, one or both of:
- (VII) rinsing the metal surface after step (VI) with an aqueous composition comprising polymers of one or more x-(N--R.sup.1 --N--R.sup.2 -aminomethyl)-4-hydroxy-styrenes, where x=2, 4, 5, or 6, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents a substituent group conforming to the general formula H(CHOH).sub.n CH.sub.2 --, where n is an integer from 1 to 7; and
- (VIII) drying the rinsed metal surface.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 429,431 filed Apr. 21, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,534,082, which was a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 213,138 of Mar. 15, 1994, now abandoned, which was a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 131,645 of Oct. 5, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,490, which was a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 862,012 of Apr. 1, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,281,282.
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