Process for the electrolytical coating of an object of steel on one or both sides
US5637205A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC25D3/565
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention describes a process for the electrolytical coating of an object of steel on one or both sides. Preferably, the object is a steel strip with zinc or a zinc iron alloy. Zinc or a zinc iron alloy is deposited on the object when the object is connected to form the cathode of a galvanic cell in an aqueous solution of zinc chloride and iron chloride with a pH of 0.1 to 3.0. The zinc chloride solution has a concentration of 50 to 1000 g/l for the deposition of metallic zinc. A partial flow of electrolyte solution is past continuously into a column filled with metallic zinc, where the trivalent iron formed there during the electrolysis is reduced to a bivalent iron, and metallic zinc is dissolved simultaneously therewith. The invention also describes an apparatus for the electrolytical coating of an object of steel.
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