Abstract
A method for preparing protective coating on mild steel has been dealt with. The principle lies in that titanium can be deposited on a steel sheet when it is immersed side by side with a titanium sheet or titanium powder in a fused-salt bath consisting of NaCl, KCl or NaCl-KCl mixture. The thickness of the coating obtained depends mainly on temperature and time but not on the initial bath composition. Pyrosol of titanium may have been produced during the process. The microvickers hardness of the titanium coating has been found to be 400∼600 and a salt spray test has revealed high corrosion resistivity.
