After cleansing and pickling, the steel materials were dipped in lead bath using NH
4Cl, ZnCl
2, SnCl
2 and ZnCl
2 as fluxes.
Changing the various dipping conditions about time, temperature and fluxes, fundamental researches were carried out to obtain the following conclusions:
(1) The four fluxes mentioned adove are satisfactory prrovided that conditions are appropriate.
(2) The most effective temperature lies between 350°C and 360°C.
(3) The proper dipping time differs according to the kind of flux.
(4) Repeated dipping up to three times is preferable.
The film thus coated was uniform, pitless, bright and smooth; the thickness being from 0.017 to 0.067gr. per sq. cm.
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