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Thinly tin coated steel sheets having excellent rust resistance and weldability

US4999258A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1988
Grant dateMar 12, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12937
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Surface treated steel sheets having excellent rust resistance and weldability, suitable for manufacturing various kinds of cans, produced by a process comprising applying 0.2 to 1 g/m.sup.2 of tin coating on a surface of a nickel coated cold rolled steel sheet, applying 0.01 to 0.3 g/m.sup.2 of zinc coating on the tin coating in such an amount that the ratio of the zinc coating amount to the tin coating amount is in a range from 2 to 30% by weight, and heating the coatings to alloy substantially all of the zinc into the tin coating layer with substantially no non-alloyed zinc left on the tin coating.

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