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Ivanova,and
Chemical Technology L. Fachikov
Metallurgy, 46, 4, 2011, 357-362
ABSTRACT
The paper presents a continuation of the investigation on the production and characterization of crystalline zinc
phosphate coatings on carbon steels and cast irons in solutions of a newly developed high speed phosphating composi-
tion, KAF-101 ZT. Gravimetric, X-ray structure and transmission electron microscope methods are used to determine the
effect of P2O5 and NO3-ratio on the thickness/mass of the produced coatings, their phase composition and structure. The
tests are carried out in 15 % by volume solutions of the phosphating composition and P2O5:NO3- ratios 1:1.80; 1:3.12 and
1:7.06, respectively. The working solutions temperatures are 50 and 70oC and the duration of the phosphating process
3 to 18 min.
Keywords: phosphating, zinc phosphating, carbon steels.
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The X-ray phase analysis of the produced phos- range (length 2-20 m and thickness 0.5-3 m). The
phate coatings (Fig. 4) shows that irrespective of the phosphate coating produced at the highest value of the
proportion P2O5:NO3-, the coatings consist of two phases: P2O5:NO3- ratio (Fig. 5 c) has also homogeneous structure
hopeite, Zn3 (PO4)2.4H2O and phosphophyllite, Zn2Fe but contains mainly agglomerated, elongated crystals of
(PO4)2.4H2O. dimensions: length 10-20 m and thickness 1.5-2 m.
TEM micrographs of zinc phosphate coatings
prepared in solutions of different P2O5 : NO3- ratios are CONCLUSIONS
presented in Fig. 5. For the lowest value of the P2O5:NO3-
ratio (Fig. 5 a), the structure is heterogeneous and con- The results in this paper related to the study of
tains micro-sectors in which two types of crystals are the effect of the P2O5:NO3- ratio on the production of
dispersed: elongated (length up to 10 m, thickness 1-3 zinc phosphate coatings lead to the following more im-
m) and crystalline aggregates with close to cubic shape portant conclusions:
(5x5 m). When the NO3- content in the solution is the mass/thickness of the phosphate coatings
increased (Fig. 5 b) the structure is homogeneous but decreases with the increase of the NO3- content in the
the dimensions of the elongated crystals vary in a wider phosphating solutions;
Fig. 1. The effect of phosphating time, on the mass of the phosphate coating, M1: a KAF- 101ZTA; b KAF- 101ZTB; c
KAF- 101ZTC.
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Fig. 2. Change of the substrate dissolved metal mass, M2: Fig. 3. Change of the samples masses during their phosphating,
a KAF- ZTA; b KAF- ZTB; c KAF- ZTC. M3: a KAF- ZTA; b KAF- ZTB; c KAF- ZTC.
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Fig. 5. TEM micrographs of phosphate coatings: a KAF- ZTA; b KAF- ZTB; c KAF- ZTC.
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